Acompanhamento arqueológico em obras de construção civil em Moçambique: desafios e os contras - caso do campus principal da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Abstract

In the context of accelerated transformations in today's society, there is a need to increasingly protect the archaeological heritage, and the archaeological monitoring of civil construction works is of great importance, to ensure that during excavation work or moving of land is not inadvertently destroyed a heritage. However, despite the existence of legal instruments in Mozambique, which make explicit the guidelines to be taken into account to guarantee the protection and preservation of the archaeological heritage before the execution of any work, several projects can be seen in various parts of the national territory. That are executed without the proper Archaeological Monitoring. What contributes to the destruction of the Mozambican archaeological heritage and consequently to the rupture of data on the history of Mozambique. The University Campus of the Eduardo Mondlane University has undergone several transformations in recent years and several buildings are being erected, thus involving soil removal activities, which put at risk the possible archaeological evidence that is buried in the place. Note that the archaeological site on the UEM university campus is one of the great sources for documenting the first Farmers' Communities of the first millennium in Mozambique. In this way, with this work we intend to analyze the challenges and cons for carrying out the archaeological monitoring in civil construction works in the University Campus of the Eduardo Mondlane University. This work can contribute to a debate around the preservation and protection of the archaeological, historical and cultural heritage, which is under threat from the developments.