Good news for the Cuevas del Pomier, the cave system located in San Cristobal that features one of the most extensive collections of pre-Hispanic art. President Luis Abinader has named a technical-scientific committee to direct research work that will support the recognition of the Anthropological Reserve Cuevas de Borbón or del Pomier as the prehistoric capital of the Dominican Republic.
In Decree 705-21, President Abinader names the ministers of Environment, Tourism and Culture to the committee. The committee will assess the fauna and flora that the aborigines used as food, and the extinct species whose remains have been found in the caves.
The decree establishes that the reserve has petroglyphs and pictographs that should be valued, in addition to the investigation of the connection of these with other Mesoamerican cultures.
The members of the committee also include Phil Lehman, from the DRSS Foundation (Dominican Republic Speleological Society); Manuel García Arévalo, from the García Arévalo Foundation; Clenis Tavarez María, anthropologist from the Museo del Hombre Dominicano; and Juan Almonte, paleontologist from the Museo de Historia Natural.
The Borbón or Pomier Caves, located in the Borbón section of San Cristóbal province, have more than 6,000 prehistoric paintings and approximately 500 cave engravings.
The government understands that in addition to their tourist potential, the Cuevas de Borbón or del Pomier Anthropological Reserve constitute an archeological and anthropological heritage, which is why it is of great interest for the study of the Amerindian groups that inhabited the Caribbean islands.
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Presidency – Decree 705-21
Listin Diario
4 November 2021