Developing Collections On Puerto Rican Heritage

Abstract

Puerto Rican ethnic literature dates back to hundreds of years before the European explorers set foot on the island that was then named Boriquen. The Archaic, Igneri, and Taino Indians' petroglyphics and other artifacts found in caves constitute the earliest documentation of the culture and development as well as the political and social structures of the original Puerto Rican. Much of this culture was destroyed by the colonizers, along with the people who created it, but enough documentation has been salvaged to reconstruct what may have been a highly organized culture.

Citation

Verges, B. (1982), "Developing Collections On Puerto Rican Heritage", Collection Building, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023081