Monte Negro has ceramics similar, based on clay composition, to Monte Alban.
Recent radiocarbon dates suggest that Monte Negro could have predated Monte Alban.
Noted peaks in the municipality include Monte Negro, Morro Encantado, and Morro da Vargem.
It is about 91 km north-east of Pico do Monte Negro, another Brazilian state record holder.
Monte Negro used a terracing system called lama-bordo.
As a folklorist, he explored, transcribed, and interpreted musical folklore of Kosovo and Metohija, Macedonia, and Monte Negro.
Some of the architecture of Monte Negro is very distinct using columns and structures no higher than six meters.
Pico do Monte Negro is located in S鉶 Jos?dos Ausentes, with its peak 1403 meters above sea level.
Two of the Early Ramos sites Monte Negro and Cerro Jazmin were already urban centers covering more than one km 2.
In 2009, Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation, formed by Barrick Gold and Goldcorp, started open-pit mining operations of the Monte Negro and Moore oxide deposits.