📋 Tender Overview
The Caral Archaeological Zone (ZAC), Executing Unit 003 of the Ministry of Culture, has been carrying out various prevention and mitigation actions, under a program and strategic planning, to protect the twelve archaeological sites that it investigates, and that are part of the Caral Civilization ( 3000 – 1800 BC), of the possible damage that may be caused by the El Niño phenomenon, which is expected to affect our country in November or December 2023, or in January 2024.
For this reason, thanks to the additional budget granted by the Central Government to the ZAC, professional and technical personnel have been hired to form work teams with the collaborators who are already deployed in each of the archaeological sites, located between the valley of Supe and the Huaura valley, thus reinforcing our experience, of more than 20 years, in cultural heritage protection work.
The teams will be in charge of carrying out evaluations, protection work and conservation actions in the sites we investigate: the Sacred City of Caral, World Heritage; Chupacigarro, Miraya, Lurihuasi, Allpacoto, Pueblo Nuevo, Áspero, Piedra Parada, El Molino, Era de Pando, Vichama and Peñico.
Likewise, the purchase of materials and equipment necessary to work on the permanent and temporary protection of the respective water evacuation system was arranged. Also in the placement of windbreaks and waterproof, removable roofs; and the combined use with a water evacuation system, so that there is a comprehensive protection system against the risk of damage in the event of a natural disaster.
And for the better management and protection of the warehouses, where the archaeological materials recovered in the field are stored, in addition to conditioning their infrastructure, the hiring of professionals and assistants has been prioritized to advance the analysis and reduce the storage volume.
It should be noted that, in addition to everything mentioned, permanent coordination is being carried out with the Emergency Operation Center of the Ministry of Culture (COE-MC) and, biweekly, with the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN).
Likewise, through the Subdirectorate of Community Relations, in the Supe Valley, efforts have been made to promote work in alliance with municipalities and population centers in order to achieve actions to avoid damage to crop areas; and, mainly, to the population.
Finally, to make all these actions visible, it was decided that, through the institution's different social networks and website, the necessary information would be shared (in photos, videos and informative notes) to raise citizens' awareness of how important it is to prevent and take actions to reduce the danger of damage or destruction of the archaeological heritage in the face of intense rainfall or other events related to the El Niño or other phenomena. In this way we also contribute to conserving and preserving our archaeological sites.
