Bilie Nadii: Contextualización, documentación y conservación de un sitio rupestre en los Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, México

Abstract

In Mexico, sites containing rock art are numerous and diverse, many of them are at high risk of deterioration due to natural or anthropogenic causes, which affects their conservation, study, and long-term appreciation. Conservation-restoration as a discipline aims to understand the causes and mechanisms that generate such deterioration and to intervene in order to reduce or halt its effects through preventive measures or direct actions on the material components.

The Bilie Nadii rock painting site underwent significant damage due to vandalism in 2021 and was attended to in 2023 by a team from the National Program for the Conservation of Graphic-Rock Heritage

(PNCPGR) with the purpose of repairing the damage, restoring the mate-

rial integrity and dignity of the site, preserving the values and meanings

attributed to it by those who regard it as their heritage, and ensuring

the vocation and continuity of the activities carried out there.

This document presents specific information regarding the contex-

tual background and the documentation methodology used to carry out

the conservation-restoration work.