La importancia de la etnobotánica en la restauración y conservación del Conjunto escultórico monumental de Santiago Apóstol y caballo, siniestrado por el sismo del 19 de septiembre de 2017 en Izúcar Matamoros, Puebla

Abstract

The biological, anatomical, microscopic analysis of the natural materials of the “Monumental Sculptural Ensemble of Santiago the Apostle and Horse”, both with a hollow and light structure, implies the scientific knowledge of ethnobotany, implicit in the use and exploitation of six species of vascular plants: 1) Morus celtidifolia Kunth, 2) Zea mays L, 3) Erythrina americana Mill, 4) Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl, 5) Juniperus depeana Steudl, 6) Linum usitatissimum L. This relationship between culture and botany constitutes an example of biocultural heritage expressed in manufacturing technique, related to a biological diversity of six raw materials of natural origin with the following variants: coniferous wood is obtained from the pine tree trunk and juniper of the pine-oak forest, the zompantle wood of the trunk of the cultivated colorín trees, the inner bark of the trunk of the wild blackberry trees, and the cultivated corn cane are transformed by hand to make amate paper from of the fibers, the cane paste from the corn kernel and flax is cultivated and transformed by the textile industry into fibers for the manufacture of canvases and white cloth, in this case both textiles with differences in the thickness of the fibers.