洞穴系统
Padre Nuestro Complex
A cluster of water-filled sinkholes and caverns just east of Bayahibe, used by the Taíno as a fresh-water source and today tapped to supply local hotels. Its Cueva de Chicho is visited on guided dives from Bayahibe.
The Padre Nuestro complex is a group of sinkholes and caverns holding fresh water in the karst of the south-east Dominican Republic, a short distance east of the coastal village of Bayahibe. Archaeologists from Indiana University list four named caverns in the complex: El Toro, Padre Nuestro, Cueva Brujo and Cueva de Chicho.
The caverns were sources of drinking and cooking water for Taíno communities before European contact. Divers working with the Indiana University team recovered pottery water bottles (potizas) from the Chicho pool, and petroglyphs have been recorded there. In 2002 the complex was reported to supply water to hotels in the Bayahibe-Dominicus resort area.
Cueva de Chicho is the cave offered for guided dives. A steep slope leads down into a large chamber lit by daylight from the entrance, ending at a clear fresh-water pool from which a flooded passage continues. A Bayahibe dive centre runs guided visits there.
地质
The complex lies in the limestone karst of the south-eastern Dominican Republic, a landscape of hundreds of caves and sinkholes formed by fresh water dissolving the bedrock.
水况、水流与洪水
Beeker and colleagues measured the Chicho pool as fresh water at a nearly constant 25 °C, with no measurable flow, little runoff and no oxygen-free layer.
为何重要
One of the two flooded cave sites used by Beeker, Conrad and Foster (2002) to compare everyday and ritual Taíno use of water-filled caverns: the Chicho finds are almost all simple water bottles, pointing to routine water collection.
环境条件
Clear fresh water at about 25 °C in the Chicho pool (measured for the 2002 study). The complex is a drinking-water source for local hotels.
典型范围来自已发表资料，不代表当前实际状况。
测量与探索历史
| 2002 | Beeker, Conrad and Foster published the archaeology of Cueva de Chicho and the Padre Nuestro complex in the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology. [1] |
入口与潜点
Four named caverns (El Toro, Padre Nuestro, Cueva Brujo, Cueva de Chicho). Cueva de Chicho is the one offered for guided dives by a Bayahibe dive centre.
仅供方位参考，不可用于导航。空心圆点为大致位置。
本页所有信息及其来源 (8)
| 信息条目 | 状态 | 来源 |
|---|---|---|
| The Padre Nuestro complex is a series of water-containing sinkholes about 3.4 km east of Bayahibe, including El Toro, Padre Nuestro, Cueva Brujo and Cueva de Chicho.2002 paper. | 已核实 | [1] |
| The complex lies near, but not inside, the East National Park.Beeker et al. (2002) place it outside the park boundary; the dive centre (undated) and Wikipedia describe it as within the park, now named Parque Nacional Cotubanamá (renamed 2014). Boundaries may have changed. | 来源存在冲突 | [1] [2] [3] |
| The complex currently supplies water to hotels in the Bayahibe-Dominicus area.Stated in 2002; current status not checked. | 信息可能已过时 | [1] |
| Thirty ceramic pieces, all from water-bottle forms, were recovered from Cueva de Chicho, indicating everyday water collection. | 已核实 | [1] |
| The Chicho pool is fresh water at a nearly constant 25 °C, with no measurable flow and no anoxic layer.Measured for the 2002 study. | 已核实 | [1] |
| Water temperature in the Chicho pool is about 25 °C.2002 measurement; typical, not current. | 已核实 | [1] |
| A Bayahibe dive centre runs guided dives in Cueva de Chicho and says park staff help with equipment on site.Provider claim, page checked 2026-10-14. | 已报告 | [2] |
| Area coordinates are the GeoNames point for Padre Nuestro (18.376, -68.824), consistent with the 2002 paper's location 3.4 km east of Bayahibe.Area-level. | 已报告 | [4] [1] |
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