Editing San Juan, Puerto Rico (section)

=== Pre-Columbian era ===
{{See also|Taíno}}

The [[Taíno]] people were the original inhabitants of the area before the arrival of the [[European colonization of the Americas|Europeans]] to the island of [[Puerto Rico]] in 1493. Remains of a small indigenous fishing village have been found in [[Puerta de Tierra, San Juan|Puerta de Tierra]] where the [[Puerto Rico National Guard Museum]] stands today, however most archaeological sites in the region have been destroyed and lost throughout the colonial history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia de Puerta de Tierra (San Juan)|url=http://www.puertadetierra.info/indicehist.asp|access-date=2022-02-12|website=www.puertadetierra.info|archive-date=June 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601164325/http://www.puertadetierra.info/indicehist.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> The area of San Juan used to be the boundary between the tribal regions (yucayeques) of ''Guaynabo'' and ''Haimanio'', led by the chiefs ([[Caciques in Puerto Rico|caciques]]) [[Mabo (cacique)|Mabo]] and [[Yuisa (cacique)|Yuisa]] (also known as Loaíza), respectively, at the time of the arrival of the [[Conquistador|Spanish conquistadors]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rico|first=Histopedia de Puerto|date=2019-07-19|title=Caciques y Yucayeques de Borikén|url=https://www.histopediadepuertorico.com/post/yucayeques-y-caciques-de-borikén|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Histopedia de Puerto Rico|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cacicazgos de los taínos: Antecedentes y desarrollo|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/content/cacicazgos-tainos/|access-date=2022-02-12|website=EnciclopediaPR|language=en-US|archive-date=February 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212194639/https://enciclopediapr.org/content/cacicazgos-tainos/|url-status=dead}}</ref>