Cleanup at The Centro Ceremonial Indigena de Caguana

UTUADO - Carefully, Rigoberto Roman wet with a cloth the environs of the stone inscription. The movements were circular and necessary. It could not to enter itself in the lines recorded in the stone that formed the call “woman of Caguana”. For 20 years, Roman, one of the ones in charge of maintenance of Indigenous the Ceremonial Park of Caguana, saw little these stones at least that they contain of the most famous samples of the art rock taíno the fungus and the seaweed were deteriorating themselves by that was impregnated to him. Yesterday, nevertheless, it was part of near a dozen of people who worked in the cleaning and restoration of these stones. The results, that they initiated Tuesdays pleased, it. “This now stands out. He was something that wanted visitors because no longer the drawings were seen. it needed this with urgency”, it said while it indicated the resistances between the areas already worked and still to work that they conserved opaque colors. According to Laura of the Elm tree, director of the Program of Archaeology of the Institute of Puerto Rican Cultura (ICP), was affected by several types of seaweed and fungi, characteristic in the humid zones of the center of the Island. The last time that was realised east type of cleaning was in the 2004, but due to the great one humidity concentration in the area returned to resurge. “They were malitas well. Nor the designs were almost distinguished”, said Of the Elm tree, when needing that in the main place there are about 22 petroglyphs at least. The civil servant indicated that the cleaning of most of the seaweed is realised applying a solution of distilled water, acetone, alcohol and nonionic soap. In order to remove to the lichen, compound of seaweed and fungi, a biocide is applied and soon dark bags are placed to him on the stone to avoid the solar light. Of the Elm tree it indicated that the ICP will realise, in addition, other improvements to the ceremonial park, like the stabilization of stones around the sugar refineries, construction of trenches to avoid floods in the places and the creation of paths so that in rain events the visitors can appreciate the facilities. It maintained that the museum, in remodeling does several years, he would be ready for the end of this year, which will significantly complement the offers of the park. In fact, Of the Elm tree and the archaeologist Pedro Alvarado they indicated that within the future considerations of the park one is to transfer the pieces with the most impressive petroglyphs within a controlled environment in the museum and to place retorts in the place.