Réplicas de Osamentas de Niños y Familias

More than 500 sets of bones were found inside and outside the walls of the first and second churches of the old temple, dating by carbon 14 samples from 1636 to 1925. The remains included men, women, and children. Among them were buried families, a mother with her child, and children such as a girl who probably had a copper or bronze tie that left a green stain on her skull; her hands and feet were bound with the same ribbon as on her head. According to religious custom, children like these were buried facing away from the church because, in their innocence and purity, they were believed not to need God's forgiveness. The actual bones received Christian burial and are in the founders memorial.

Cayey, Puerto Rico · United States