The project entitled “Archaeology of Maroonage and Fugitivity” carried out in 2023 was directed by Dr. Daniela Balanzátegui, director of the Laboratory of Latin American Historical Archaeology at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. The “Route of the Maroon Women” component began with an exhaustive archival work that included documents from the 17th to the 19th century, in which 10 Maroon women were identified. Three main routes were covered by the team: the Martina Carrillo Route, the Cipriana Cribán Route and the Juana Martina Concepción Route, which have connections with the Cimarronas. 

The purpose of the project was to map three escape routes of Maroon women, which allowed us to demonstrate the existing geographical connections that demonstrate a deep knowledge of the landscape. Approximately 15 communities and sites were visited and the community collaborated through interviews.

The information derived from the field visits was processed into a component for the report reported to the National Institute of Cultural Heritage, which also included the generation of maps with the key points described during the visit. This digital geographic database is now part of the LAHAL UMass-Boston archives.

The maps that can be viewed on this web page have been classified according to the specific route traveled under the methodology called participatory mapping or cartography. This represents the collaborative basis of the project, and led to the creation of different maps marked with different colors to differentiate one of the three routes. The general map shows us, on the other hand, a conjunction of all these routes and allows us to determine the areas where the roads were connected, as another expression of the past.