Propuesta de uso público para la conservación del Qhapaq Ñan Tramo, Sevilla-Nizag, cantón Alausí

Abstract

The present investigation proposes to elaborate a proposal of public usage for the conservation of the Qhapaq Ñan, in the route Sevilla-Nizag, canton of Alausi, by means of the historic contextualization, the archeological prospecting and the public usage of the state of the path of 4,256 m, which belongs to the typology of paved path, closed by walls, cleared and stepped. Meanwhile the conservation status of the Pre-Columbian is with a 46% regular, 32% is found damaged and a 22% is found stable what is determined urgent to implement strategies of conservation such as: the restoring of 20%, of the thoroughfare, 22% must establish corrective tasks that assure its conservation and the 7% that corresponds to the cleaning of the upper and lower vegetation. In addition, the section has been affected by the natural agents such as the erosion and the water that has been one of the main erosive agents. Regarding the proposal of public usage is concluded that the architectonic structures, it must be taken into account the true archeological worth, patrimonial and touristc of the Pre-Columbian path. The study proposes the archeological intervention in canals, apacheta, cleared road, walled path, platform road and stepped path as well as the re-construction of the architectonical structures associated to this system of communication such as: the Pukara of Pumallacta and the Kancha.

Key Words: Archeological Conservation, Archeology, Architectonical structures.