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Preservation of the Kuaua Mural Paintings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Wesley L. Bliss
Wesley L. Bliss*
Affiliation:
River Basin Surveys, Love Memorial Library, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Because of the interest in the mural paintings from Kuaua pueblo, it is felt advisable to present a complete report on the field and laboratory processing of these. Although two articles were published in El Palacio in 1935 and 1936 on the removing and processing of the murals, the detailed procedure has not been published as a unit in a scientific report. The processing of the Kuaua murals had no precedent to follow. As it is possible that similar finds will occur in future excavations, the processes developed for coping with the problem at Kuaua may be of aid. These processes may be varied to meet conditions involving other types of paintings.

The Kuaua ruins, now known as the Coronado State Monument, are situated on the western side of the Rio Grande two air miles northwest of the business section of Bernalillo, New Mexico. They lie in the Tiguex province of the central Rio Grande.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , January 1948 , pp. 218 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1948

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