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El estatus de Monte Alban como sitio de Patrimonio Mundial implica su manejo adecuado en la vida contemporánea. Aunque la tendencia general sería esperar que el sitio sea reconocido en su imagen histórica-social por los sectores académicos, económicos y los medios como un ejemplo de buenas prácticas, la realidad nos mueve a considerar como prioridad un esquema de gestión que tienda hacia una imagen de inclusion de las comunidades alrededor del sitio. Esta ponencia contrasta la imagen...
Preserving a section of the Inca road in the lower Lurin Valley, Peru. (2015)
The Qhapaq Ñan or great Andean Road was declared World Heritage by UNESCO in June 2014. The road located between the Pachacamac Sanctuary and the Inca administrative center of Hatun Xauxa, located in the central highlands of Peru, not only constituted one of the main sections of this network, but was also one of the segments selected for this declaration. Following this process, a series of conservation projects have started taking place along this network in the segments that have been...
Responding to Climate Change Threats to Archaeology through the World Heritage Convention (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Accelerating Environmental Change Threats to Cultural Heritage: Serious Challenges, Promising Responses" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Climate change is the fastest growing threat to World Heritage properties, including archaeological sites, worldwide. Warming temperatures, sea level rise, coastal erosion, permafrost thaw, drought, worsening wildfires and more intense rainstorms, hurricanes and typhoons are putting...