UJ #14 - Qhapac Ñan

THE ROAD OF ALL OF US
THE COMPREHENSIVE
PROJECTS
The community is involved in heritage
conservation work.
Qhapaq Ñan Project’s National Office
By being a living heritage, there are communities that
depend on the Qhapaq Ñan at various levels and use it
in an unregulated way that can cause damages.
In their eagerness to use the resources, the residents
offered tourism visits and used resources in their
traditional rituals. But their lack of knowledge led them
to carry out harmful activities such as illegal excavations,
extraction of stones to build houses, invasions, or used
the sites as waste dumps.
Given this situation, the National Office of the Qhapaq
Ñan began to implement the Comprehensive Projects
aimed to the social implementation of the material
and intangible cultural heritage. This involves joint
work that includes the conservation, research and
joint management with the populations based on the
creation of awareness about the use of archaeological
sites to improve their quality of life.
Determining the places to establish a Comprehensive
Project involves evaluating criteria such as the
archaeological, scenic and ethnographic importance of
the asset; the conditions of poverty of the neighboring
populations, the potential for economic development,
the accessibility to the site, the territorial balance and
the open-mindedness of the communities to establish
partnerships.
Five Comprehensive Projects have been established:
Huanuco Pampa (Huanuco), Huaycan de Cieneguilla
(Lima), Cabeza de Vaca (Tumbes), Aypate (Piura) and
Mateo Salado (Lima).
Qhapaq Ñan Project’s National Office
School children learning about the
Inca Trail and its importance.
Qhapaq Ñan Project’s National Office
Meetings allow the interaction between
the residents and the experts.
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