This was ordered by the Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture declared the Rostro Harakbut archaeological site, a stone monument located within the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, in Madre de Dios, a Cultural Heritage of the Nation. PH๏τo: ECA Amarakaeri Communal Reserve/Facebook
02:15 | Lima, Aug. 26.
The impressive stone monument Rostro Harakbut, located in the district of Huepetuhe, in the province of Manu, Madre de Dios region, was recognized as Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the Ministry of Culture.
This is provided for in Vice Ministerial Resolution No. 000202-2021-VMPCIC/MC published yesterday in the Legal Standards section of the Official Gazette El Peruano, which specifies that the declaration recognizes the aforementioned archaeological site as cultural heritage.
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It also approves the declaration file (official inventory file of the archaeological monument, technical file of declaration as cultural heritage of the Nation and pH๏τographic record sheet) and technical file (descriptive memory, technical file and plan) of the Rostro Harakbut archaeological site.
The archaeological site “Rostro Harakbut” is an immense block of stone in the shape of a human face that is located within the ancestral territory of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve (CAR), in Madre de Dios, where the original Harakbut people live and the monument is one of their sacred sites.
In January of this year, the Casa del Inca archaeological site, located within the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, was also declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation.
In the recitals of the norm, it is indicated that the Rostro de Harakbut archaeological site is part of and is aligned with the cultural objective of the Master Plan of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve and the Insтιтutional Life Plan of the Executor of the Administration Contract (ECA) of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve.
The regulation entrusts the Directorate of Cadastre and Legal Physical Sanitation of the General Directorate of Immovable Archaeological Heritage, the registration in Public Registries and in the National Information System of State Property ᴀssets (Sinabip), if applicable, the status of cultural heritage of the Nation of the Rostro Harakbut archaeological site.
It also provided that any project for new construction, roads, highways, canals, mining or agricultural complaints, housing works and other adjoining works that could affect or alter the Rostro Harakbut archaeological site, must have the prior approval of the competent body of the Ministry of Culture.
The Resolution also indicates that a certified copy of this resolution and its declaration file and technical file of the Rostro Harakbut archaeological site is sent to the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), for the corresponding purposes.
Other certified copies will be sent to the District Municipality of Huepetuhe, the Regional Government of Madre de Dios, the National Superintendence of State Property, and the Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Madre de Dios, so that the aforementioned archaeological site may be considered within the territorial planning plans that are developed.
The resolution bears the signature of the Deputy Minister of Heritage, Culture and Cultural Industries, Leslie Carol Urteaga Peña.
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