Value Enhancement and social use of the agriculture terrace irrigation system of the archaeological site of Urco, Sector II Qosqopata, Calca

Abstract

Heritage conservation would be an incomplete act if it were not accompanied by the social and environmental activities of each place. The opening of the assets is the first step; its apprehension the second (that is, its “understanding”). This proposal chases after the proposal and development of a value enhancement project, which –after a multidisciplinary approach– allows the social use and value enhancement of an archaeological asset. This must be done in a way that recognizes and strengthens the endogenous values of the community that houses the project. As well, this project aims to achieve the rehabilitation of a system of irrigation terraces through restoration guidelines that generate dynamic economic principles. In turn, these can interact with a responsible tourism that generates dialogue, and protects and maintains. This way it can insert its community in value enhancement projects, and their use and revaluation. The main purpose of the project is to establish itself as one of the most important agricultural records of the Vilcanota Valley circuit.