Gestão do património arqueológico na província de Inhambane: Manyikeni

Abstract

The present work aims to understand and explain the conservation and management processes of archaeological heritage assets in Vilankulo District. Sacred sites are used and preserved by local communities through cultural practices customary as rituals. However, when sacred sites are also goods of the archaeological heritage, these are recognized and protected by the institutions of the Responsible for the management of the archaeological heritage. In this context, the present research starts from the assumptions that the problems that are verified in the context of the processes of conservation and management of the archaeological heritage in the District Vilankulo need to be understood in the broad framework of relations between dynamics of use and protection of heritage assets by the various stakeholders, mainly state institutions and local communities. In the universe of archaeological stations in the Vilankulo District, constitute the central point of the study walled of Manyikeni. The study covers the period 1979-2004.