Plan de manejo para la conservación del Complejo Arqueológico Shungumarca en la parroquia General Morales, provincia de Cañar.

Abstract

The objetive of this research is to design a management plan to conserve the Shungumarca archaeological complex in the General Morales parish of Cañar, Cañar province; this project has four stages, the firts is the patrimonial evaluation of the archeological complex that is made up of seven structures such as: housing, administrative center, mound or shrine, Kallanka, walls and terraces, platform or pucará and stone with inscriptions or petroglyph. In general, the state of conservation of the archaeological complex Shungumarca is deterorated. After a participatory workshop with the assistance of authorities and residents of the General Morales parish, the zoning of the área of the complex was carried out, identifying 6 management áreas (intensive, restricted, special, extensive , ecological restoration, buffer zone). Then the philosophical framework that consist of mission and vision and the strategic framework that is formed by the strategies and pólicies that will govern the management plan. Finally, after analyzing the problem of the place throug the SWOT and the correct stakeholder analysis, 3 programs and 7 projects aimed at the conservation of the archaeological, natural and cultural heritage of the Shungumarca archaeological complex were proposed, priorizing the participation of the population local in all the activities to be carried aut, it is concluded that the archaeological complex Shungumarca presents a state of deteriorated conservation and wich is pending analysis within this management plan.

Keywords: HANDLING PLAN, HERITAGE CONSERVATION, CULTURAL HERITAGE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE.