Tibes: People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos

The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico

The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and on the other two sides by hills, this approximately 10.5-acre site remains as fertile and productive today as when first occupied over 2,000...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817355790
• ISBN13: 9780817355791
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"