CHALLENGES FOR THE 21STCENTURY: THE PATRIMONIALIZATION OF PIEDRA MUSEO

MIOTTI LAURA; LUCÍA MAGNIN; ENRIQUE TARRANOVA

ARCHAEOLOGY OF PIEDRA MUSEO LOCALITY. AN OPEN WINDOW TO THE EARLY PEOPLING OF PATAGONIA

Springer

Año: 2022; p. 423 - 448

In this work we present a description of the patrimonialization process of the Piedra Museo. This archaeological site is emblematic for its importance in contributing to the study of the first settlement in America. Its interpretation as a heritage asset exceeds its value from the scientific point of view and has a complexity that is reflected in the various uses that are made of it in the past and in the present. On the one hand, the Piedra Museo locality is valued by Santa Cruz residents as a significant place, chosen as a destination for recreational visits, of importance in the construction of local and regional identity. On the other hand, we have registered damages that blocks with rock art in particular have suffered, resulting in an irrecoverable loss. The identification of the appropriations, uses and resignifications that are made of this site, together with the analysis of its state of conservation and current legal protection constitute an initial diagnosis necessary to establish future actions. Such actions include the development of investigations of a social, communicational and anthropological nature that go beyond the merely archaeological, as well as beginning to design a management plan according to community needs and diversities.