A Cultural Management Model for Archaeological Entities in the Municipalities of Bolivia

Abstract

The objective is to propose a management model for the registration, protection, and territorial planning of archaeological entities for the municipalities in Bolivia. The research adopts a qualitative, descriptive, and propositional approach, using the technique of documentary-bibliographic analysis and the experience of a municipal archaeological cadastre project. Due to its theoretical approach, it follows the lines of cultural cartography and preventive archeology. The model is made up of the management plan and framework. The cultural management plan establishes strategic lines, inter-institutional coordination mechanisms, and human talent and financial resources management. This is a public cooperation and co-management model, involving the participaton of two public bodies: the municipalities and the Observatory of Archaeological Cultural Heritage of Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. The areas of application of the management model are: registration, documentation, research, territorial planning, and the protection of archaeological entities (landscapes, sites, isolated findings). With the application of the management model, we expect to raise awareness of the potential of archaeological heritage in the municipalities. Similarly, the use of the municipal archaeological cadastre as a territorial planning instrument, and the improvement of some aspects of the regulatory framework will contribute to the generation of responsible and sustainable management
proposals.