Following a report of fossil findings made at the Museum of Anthropology and Natural Sciences by a resident of our city, this institution, which reports to the Undersecretariat of Culture, complied with the provisions of Provincial Law No. 9686, in accordance with National Law No. 25743 on the “Protection of Archaeological and Paleontological Heritage”.
For this reason, the required procedures were initiated, elevating the report to the provincial authority responsible for enforcing these regulations, the Secretariat of Culture of the Province of Entre Ríos, through the “Antonio Serrano” Provincial Museum, which ordered the intervention of a team of scientists from the CICyTTP-CONICET located in the town of Diamante.
The scientific team, composed of Dr. Brenda Ferrero from the Laboratory of Vertebrate Paleontology and Dr. Rita Soledad Ramos from the Laboratory of Paleobotany and Laboratory of Archaeology, both from the Center for Scientific Research and Technology Transfer for Production of CONICET (Diamante), accompanied by Geologist and PhD candidate in Natural Sciences from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the UNLP, Tomas Navarro, arrived in the city this Monday, October 21.
Together with the person who reported the findings, the Museologist Silvia Cettour, in charge of the Department of the Museum of Anthropology and Natural Sciences of Concordia; the Head of the Heritage and Museums Department Rubén Alaris, both reporting to the Undersecretariat of Culture of the local Municipality; the Museologist Cristina Vassallo and law student Romina Soto, they headed to the site to carry out the corresponding surveys, which required a walk of several kilometers throughout the day.
As a result of this work, some findings of vertebrate fossil remains, some vertebrate microfossils, geological samples, and plant fossil findings were made. Part of the material has remained under the protection of the Concordia museum, although most of it was transferred to the CICyTTP-CONICET for further investigation.
It will be the enforcement authority of the Protection Laws that determines the final destination of that material.
For this reason, the required procedures were initiated, elevating the report to the provincial authority responsible for enforcing these regulations, the Secretariat of Culture of the Province of Entre Ríos, through the “Antonio Serrano” Provincial Museum, which ordered the intervention of a team of scientists from the CICyTTP-CONICET located in the town of Diamante.
The scientific team, composed of Dr. Brenda Ferrero from the Laboratory of Vertebrate Paleontology and Dr. Rita Soledad Ramos from the Laboratory of Paleobotany and Laboratory of Archaeology, both from the Center for Scientific Research and Technology Transfer for Production of CONICET (Diamante), accompanied by Geologist and PhD candidate in Natural Sciences from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the UNLP, Tomas Navarro, arrived in the city this Monday, October 21.
Together with the person who reported the findings, the Museologist Silvia Cettour, in charge of the Department of the Museum of Anthropology and Natural Sciences of Concordia; the Head of the Heritage and Museums Department Rubén Alaris, both reporting to the Undersecretariat of Culture of the local Municipality; the Museologist Cristina Vassallo and law student Romina Soto, they headed to the site to carry out the corresponding surveys, which required a walk of several kilometers throughout the day.
As a result of this work, some findings of vertebrate fossil remains, some vertebrate microfossils, geological samples, and plant fossil findings were made. Part of the material has remained under the protection of the Concordia museum, although most of it was transferred to the CICyTTP-CONICET for further investigation.
It will be the enforcement authority of the Protection Laws that determines the final destination of that material.