Discover 27 sites in Cotuí with Aboriginal art

Twenty-seven sites with archaeological material and the remains of a colonial building were detected in Cotuí, in the area where it operates the mining company Barrick Gold Corporation by researchers at the Museum of the Dominican man, who currently lead an expedition to collect material and to record them.

Although the works were started in 1984 by the Deputy director of the Museum, Abelardo Jiménez Lambertus and revised in 2004 by a team of archaeologists headed by Harold Olsen and Francisco cost, have recently been financed by the mining, "as a way to help preserve the Dominican heritage", as claimed their representatives.

Of the archaeological sites found, eight of which (between these caves and rock shelters), presenting a variety of prominent artistic manifestations of the aborigines on the island, which are expressed through art. Also, they have been u000afound art objects, such as vessels of ceramic and wood, necklaces and charms richly decorated.

Petroglyphs include most spellings of human figures and the pictographs, according to the researchers, are very expressive and "sometimes entail representations of high scenic, capable of revealing, actions of everyday life of the pre-Columbian communities".

In the ruins, Virginia since its inception was taken to the exploitation of gold in the colonial era, was as much so, that according to review historian Frank Moya Pons in his book "Historia de La Vega", "for the years 1502 and 1509 arrived on the island about 972 ships loaded with people", which showed that Hispanic infrastructure in the region.

This colonial building could be an old Spanish mining and the jurisdiction of its research is carried out by the architect Grullón Edda, Directorate of heritage u000aMonumental.

Photographic exhibition
as part lead to the population work in the mine, the Museum of the Dominican man with Barrick people old Dominican has presented a photo exhibition that gathers images of petroglyphs and pictographs found in the caves.

The exhibition, which is available on the first floor of the Museum, will be open free of charge until the beginning of December, reported its director Christian Martínez Villanueva.

Martínez Villanueva pointed out that the archaeological objects found in the excavations, belong to the people of Virginia, Sánchez Ramírez province, which is part of their heritage and hopes that someday may be displayed.

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the President of Barrick Pueblo Viejo, Manuel Bonilla, stated that it was very hasty to say accurately the outcome of all research work being carried out in the u000amine, due to the place where they are, but who are cooperating with the Museum for the studies of the same

"We cannot say we do, because there are still many years of research and discovery, but we are going to contribute to making these findings part of Dominican heritage," said Bonilla. He explained that the archaeologists are only doing basic research which is based on finding sites, photographing them and protect them, and that these works are being carried out prior before the miners operating in the place.

Indicated that many of the caves are not accessible to the public due to the discomfort of their openings, but meanwhile, they are distributing leaflets with information collected and the objects will be exhibited for the enjoyment of the public in general.

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