UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Places of Memory for the Slave Route in the Latin Caribbean Site Registration Form I- IDENTIFICATION: I-1: Entry: 002 I-2: Code: ABW.s.01 I-3: National Code: AT 081 I-4: Present name: Sport Hall ASU Santa Cruz site I-5: Historic name: - II- GENERAL INFORMATION: II-1: Location: II-1- a: Country: II-1- b: Province: II-1- c: Municipality: Santa Cruz II-2: Uses: II-2- a: Original use: Amerindian village centre II-2- b: Present use: fallow land II-3: Classification: II-4: Category of Protection: II-5: Function- testimony: Cultural Landscape (See IV-1) World Heritage Landing Port Cultural Route (See IV-2) Masterpiece Slave Market Population Settlement (See IV-3) Biosphere Reserve Place of confinement Agro-industrial compound (See IV-4) National Monument X Dwelling site Building (See IV-5) Local Monument Site of production X Site (See IV-6) X Other: Archeol. Museum Site AT081 Site of resistance II-6: The property is on the National Tentative List: Yes X No Refuge of maroons II-7: Accessibility: II-8: Ownership: Burial place X Accessible State Shipwreck Not easily accessible Private Religious-ceremonial site Inaccessible Mixed Route Other: Multipurpose II-8: Level of accessibility: X Free Restricted Exclusive III- INTANGIBLE CULTURAL MANIFESTATIONS ASSOCIATED TO THE PROPERTY: III-1: Characterization of the bearer community: Pre-Columbian Caquetio population. III-2: Type of intangible heritage manifestation: Oral traditions and expressions: Performing arts: X Social uses, rituals and festivities: X Knowledge and uses related to nature and the Universe: X Traditional crafts techniques: III-2-a: Describe the nature, periodicity and predominant characteristics of the manifestations at present: The proposed archaeological site is located in the center of the central pre-Columbian Caquetio village of Aruba. The total Amerindian village measures an estimated 40 acres in the Santa Cruz Area. It is situated behind a sports hall in the township of Santa Cruz, Aruba. The site is an abandoned provision ground (cunucu) and is enclosed by a traditional cactus fence (probably 19th century). III-3: Do you consider the property a cultural space?: X Yes No III-3-a: Support your answer: Before the arrival of the Spanish discoverers and slave raiders, Aruba was inhabited by a Caquetio population of 600-900 persons. The proposed site was part of the cultural and political centre of the Amerindian population. Europeans discovered Aruba, & Curacao in or around 1499 and declared the islands as useless in 1513. In 1515, 2.000 Caquetio’s from this and other village sites on the islands were captured and deported to Santo Domingo to work as slaves in the gold mines. The Amerindian Slave Trade Route had its starting point in the houses and villages of the pre-Columbian population.

1 IV- SPECIFIC INFORMATION: IV-1- Cultural Landscapes: IV-1-a: Location: IV-1-b: Area: IV-1-d: Type: Latitude IV-1-c: Population: Longitude W: Associative Evolving Relics Live IV-1- e: Eco-Geographic features: Vegetation: Fauna: Soils: Topography: Geology: IV-1- f: Environmental conditions: Temperature: Min:__ Climate: Tropical Med.___ Solar exposure: Predominant winds: Max. ___ IV-1- g: Landscape surroundings: Natural: Urban: Agro-productive:

IV-1- h: Natural and Landscape Significance:

IV-1- i: Historic- cultural importance:

IV-2- Cultural Itineraries: IV-2-a: Location:

IV-2-b: Area: IV-2-c: Extension: IV-2-d: Width: IV-2-e: Classification according to: Territorial Framework: Structure: Function: Local Linear Social National Circular Economic Regional Cruciform Political World Radial Military In network Religious Natural Framework: Duration: Cultural Land Extinct( ) Multiple, which? Water Existing( ) Mixed V-2-f: Natural Context:

IV-2-g: Content: Ways of communication:

Other substantial elements:

IV-2-h: importance of the cultural route:

2 IV-3- Population Settlements: IV-3-a: Location: Latitude N: ______Longitude W: ______IV-3-b: Area: IV-3-c: Population: IV-3-d: Date of foundation: Description: IV-4- Agro-industrial Complex: IV-4-a: Location: Latitude N: ______Longitude W: ______IV-4-b: Area: IV-4-c: Population: IV-4-d: Date of foundation: Description: IV-5- Building: IV-5-a: Address: Urban Rural IV-5-b: Type: IV-5-c: Period/Time : IV-5-d: Levels: Civil IV-5-e: Area : IV-5-f: Plot Area: Domestic IV-5-g: Characteristics of construction and materials: Military Roof: Religious Industrial-Productive Walls: Commemorative- Ornamental Public space Woodwork: Construction V-4-h: Description: IV-6- Sites: IV-6-a: Location: Latitude N: 12°30’.28.13” Longitude W: 69°58’56.87” IV-6-b: Typology: IV-6-c: Area: 105 x 105 m2 IV-6-d: Inhabited: Yes X No Historic (See IV-6-1) Amerindian Caquetio population was captured, enslaved and deported from this village in X Archaeological (See IV-6-2) 1515. Central Amerindian village in pre-Columbian era. Part of the Caquetio paramount Natural (See IV-6-3) chiefdom of present day-Falcon (). IV-6-1: Historic Site: IV-6-2: Archaeological Site: IV-6-3: Natural Site: IV-6-1-a: Associated event: IV-6-2-a: Context: X On Land IV-6-3-a: Geomorphology: In Water IV-6-1-b: Associated personality: IV-6-2-b: Researched: X Yes No IV-6-3-B: Soils: Dates: Versteeg (1997), Kelly (2005) IV-6-1-c: Date: IV-6-2-c: Findings: IV-6-3-C: Period of formation: Stone, shell, coral and pottery fragments (see IV-6-4) Associated Commemorative constructions IV-6-4: Brief Report: "The Sport Hall A.S.U. Sta. Cruz site, categorized as a habitation area, is very large in size and has material occurring throughout the whole site surface. Within the material distribution there are areas with a higher concentration of material compared to the surrounding areas, consisting of shell fragments and shell tools. The majority of the shell material occurring within these shell concentrations consists mostly of Strombus gigas tools and tool fragments. These tools occur mostly as perforators and in a lesser extent as Strombus hammers. It is possible that these areas might have functioned as specialized activity areas within the habitation zone where shell tools were manufactured. Furthermore in the surrounding area of the site there are large open terrains with suitable soil for agriculture that could have yielded sufficient crops to support a large settlement." (Quoted from H. Kelly, ‘Survey Report of the sport hall ASU Santa Cruz site, Archaeological Museum of Aruba: Internal Report #18).

3 V- INFORMATION FOR ASSESSMENT: V- 1: Values: (order by hierarchy) V- 2: Conditions: V- 3: Integrity: Historic Religious X Good X Not transformed: Architectonic 2 Environmental Fair □ Less transformed: 1 Archaeological Ethnologic Poor Transformed Natural Community V- 4: Category of Exceptional: Local National Regional World Unique: X X X  Relevant:    X Ordinary     V- 4- a: Criteria for the category of exceptional: Due to the islands longtime historical neglect, many archaeological sites have been preserved from human influences. Bartholomey De Las Casas described the devastation of the West Indies (and present day Venezuela) by the Spanish conquerors. The site was part of the paramount chiefdom of the Caquetio population of north eastern Venezuela (app. Falcon province) and is well preserved as was encountered by Spanish discoverers and slave raiders (Versteeg 1997, Kelly 2006, Cardot 1982, Deive 1995). VI- MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY: VI-1: There is a resource management plan X Yes  No VI-1-a: Responsible Entity: Aruba Sports Foundation VI-1-b: Funding sources: Aruban Government. VI-1-c: Threats: Recent economic and demographic developments and urbanization seriously threaten the archaeological sites of the Santa Cruz Caquetio village (Ruiz et.al. 2005; Kelly 2006). At the moment, the Aruba Sports Union is the owner of the terrain. Negotiations are underway in order to make it available for scientific research and educational projects by the Archaeological Museum of Aruba. Selection of the site as a Place of Memory will encourage this process (Kelly 2006, see under VII-4: Comments). VI-2-a: The Site has tourist potential  Yes X No VI-2-b: Description: Since the site has no specific tourist potential. The focus of future projects concerning this site will have to be on educational programs and scientific research (see Kelly 2005). VI-2-c: Tourist infrastructure: VI-3: There are transmission programs:  Yes X No VI-3-a: Community schools include syllabus about the site:  Yes X No Elementary:  Number: Secondary:  Number: VI-3-b: Schools develop the project “Breaking the Silence”: Yes X No Elementary:  Number: Secondary:  Number: VI-3-c: Other existing forms of transmission: The site will be included in existing scientific and educational programs of the Archaeological Museum of Aruba. VII- REFERENCES: VII-1- Control of the information: VII-2- Bibliography about the property: Made by: PhD. Luc Alofs plus: *Versteeg & Ruiz – Reconstructing Brasilwood Island (1995) Archaeological Museum Aruba: *Versteeg – Pre-Columbian Houses at the Santa Cruz site (1997) PhD. R. Dijkhoff *Carlos Felice Cardot – Curazao Hispanico (1982). PhD. H. Kelly *Carlos Deive – La Española y la Esclavitud del Indio F. Croes *Ruiz, Dijkhoff, Tromp & Kelly – Wetgeving, een ultimum remedie voor Archeologie? (2005) Supervised by: *H. Kelly – Rock Art of Aruba (2006) Entity: *H. Kelly – ‘Survey Report of the sport hall ASU Santa Cruz site’ Date: February, 2007 *Archaeological Museum of Aruba: Internal Report #18 (2005) VII-3- Notes: a) This Site Information Form should be completed with the attached Methodology Instructions for implementation. b) The information contained in the FORM should have an attachment in text format. c) Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage will be included in the Register. Therefore, the Form should be filled in starting in the cultural space of the manifestation. However more specific information about its peculiarities can be annexed. VII-4: Comments

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