Abstract
For specialists in cultural resource management and investigation of archaeological sites, the concept of heritage incorporates the expression of collective memory in tangible symbols. Within the academic discourse the existence of links between the (re)presentation of the past and the negotiation and legitimation of ideological references and cultural practices is recognized. On the other hand, when asked about their assessment of the concept of heritage, most adult residents of rural or urban areas indicate that it is the set of goods and traditions, inherited from their ancestors and used for the survival and welfare of new generations. These forms of assessment of the meaning of heritage lead to divergent positions on the preservation of archaeological remains but also to different perceptions of identity, community, and development. This section of the volume starts with a review of information relevant to the conceptions of cultural heritage and the role of archeology in contemporary society. The main objective of the chapter is to show how sites commonly called ruins have become known as heritage sites, through a complex process of ascription of meanings to places where the encounter between the public and the materiality of the past occurs.
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The process of urban growth at areas with archaeological evidence may involve the looting of funerary contexts or caches found during the construction of modern facilities. It is not unusual that extracted objects end up fueling the illegal trade of cultural goods (for an analysis of the practices of illegal excavation of archaeological sites in northern Peru see Smith 2005).
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Gamboa, J. (2015). From Ruins to Heritage Places. In: Archaeological Heritage in a Modern Urban Landscape. SpringerBriefs in Archaeology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15470-1_1
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