opening for public visit of “cerro de trincheras”, sonora

Abstract

In recent decades there has been a discussion about the relevance of opening archaeological sites in areas with a high degree of marginalization, as an option to increase regional income through tourism. Apparently, in very few cases archaeological tourism has really served as a detonator of local sustainable development policies. However, as a result of more than two decades of archaeological research conducted in the Trincheras Tradition area in Cerro de Trincheras in Sonora, Northwest Mexico, the site was programmed to open to the public with concurrence of various instances of government. Emphasizing the necessity to revaluate the Sonoran pre-Hispanic heritage in the context of Mexico’s cultural heritage, and not just to consider archaeological sites as a tourist option, our team has worked for the past seven years with a new interpretative model that pretends to have an impact on the awareness of the local population as well as on officials, about the urgent necessity to preserve cultural heritage, offering at the same time interpretative knowledge and pleasure.