Cayey in Municipio de Cayey, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)

Réplicas de Osamentas de Niños y Familias

Plaza de Recreo Ramón Frade

— [Replicas of Skeletal Remains of Families and Children] —

Réplicas de Osamentas de Niños y Familias Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones, June 5, 2023

1. Réplicas de Osamentas de Niños y Familias Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Estás viendo entre los muros del antiguo templo algunas de las 500 réplicas de osamentas, o más, encontradas. Representamos aquí, en plástico, unas muy significativas. Estaban en el interior y exterior de los muros de la primera y segunda iglesia. Según las muestras de carbono 14 datan de 1636 al 1925. Figuran entre lo descubierto mujeres, hombres y niños. Identificamos una estampa muy tierna de una madre con su hijo, familieas enterradas, y entre los niños, como los que visualizas al lado izquierdo superior, hay también una niña al borde inferior, que probablemente tuvo un lazo en cobre o bronce que lo dejó una sombra verde en el cráneo; ella tenía manos y pies atados con la misma cinta que en la cabeza. Los niños, como estos, eran colocados mirando en dirección contraria a la iglesia porque según la religión, por su inocencia y pureza no necesitaban el perdón de Dios.

* Lo que vez de frente son réplicas de las osamentas encontradas. Las osamentas recibieron cristina sepultura y se encuentran en el panteón en memoria a los fundadores.

[English translation:]
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looking at replicas of some of the 500 plus bones found within the walls of the old temple. They have been recreated some of the more significant ones here in plastic. They were inside and outside of the walls of the first and second churches. According to Carbon 14 samples, they date from 1636 to 1925. Remains of men, women and children were found. We identified a very tender print of a mother with her child, buried families, and children, such as the ones you can see on the upper left side, like a girl on the lower edge who probably had a copper or bronze tie left by a green shade on her skull. Her hands and feet were bound with the same ribbon as on her head. Children like these were placed facing away from the church because of religious custom -- due to their innocence and purity they did not need God's forgiveness.

* What you see are replicas. The actual bones received Christian burials and are in the founders memorial.

Erected 2021 by Municipio de Cayey.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era. A significant historical year for this entry is 1636.

Location. 18° 6.768′ N, 66° 9.957′ W. Marker is in Cayey in Municipio

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones, June 5, 2023

2. Réplicas de Osamentas de Niños y Familias Marker

de Cayey, Puerto Rico. Marker is on Calle Núñez Romero east of Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera (Puerto Rico Route 170). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Calle Núñez Romero 104, Cayey PR 00736, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Hallazgos Arqueológicos (a few steps from this marker); Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (a few steps from this marker); Los Empedrados en el Atrio de la Iglesia y Lado Sur (a few steps from this marker); "El Pan Nuestro" (a few steps from this marker); Réplicas de Osamentas de Adultos (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Hallazgos Arqueológicos (a few steps from this marker); Fundadores de Nuestra Ciudad (within shouting distance of this marker); En Memoria a los Fundadores y Primeras Familias Cayeyanas. (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cayey.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 57 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.