The article presents findings of archaeological explorations without excavation, carried out in the high Andean communities of Waqoto, La Raya and Qelloqocha, in the department of Cusco. The objective was to identify evidence of hunting and camelid grazing, for the recognition of the associated structures, their characteristics and their functionality, in correlation with the ethnographic data and the information left by the chroniclers of the Spanish Conquest. The kanchas, used for the grazing of llamas and alpacas, associated with the houses, these are basic modules to develop the annual grazing cycle, while the traps are used for the capture of vicuñas (Aguilar, 1995). The sites where the structures were identified are above 3,900 m. n. m. In Waqoto the economic activity is mixed: agriculture, grazing, and the extraction and quarrying of andesi...

This article refers to the problems presented by the protection and conservation of the cultural heritage of the historic centre of the city of Cusco, between the years of 1950-2005, subject of study factors are the tradition and modernity, to be nourished of ideological content, manipulated by the instances of power; political, economic, social, cultural. I tried to discover what are the levels of participation, influence that is found in the concept and practice of planning, urban planning, the new architecture and the discipline of conservation, in the effort to safeguard the local cultural heritage, however we find a confusing and contradictory scene, causing loss and destruction on the cultural heritage of the historic center of Cusco.

The article presents findings of archaeological explorations without excavation, carried out in the high Andean communities of Waqoto, La Raya and Qelloqocha, in the department of Cusco. The objective was to identify evidence of hunting and camelid grazing, for the recognition of the associated structures, their characteristics and their functionality, in correlation with the ethnographic data and the information left by the chroniclers of the Spanish Conquest. The kanchas, used for the grazing of llamas and alpacas, associated with the houses, these are basic modules to develop the annual grazing cycle, while the traps are used for the capture of vicuñas (Aguilar, 1995). The sites where the structures were identified are above 3,900 m. n. m. In Waqoto the economic activity is mixed: agriculture, grazing, and the extraction and quarrying of andesi...

This article refers to the problems presented by the protection and conservation of the cultural heritage of the historic centre of the city of Cusco, between the years of 1950-2005, subject of study factors are the tradition and modernity, to be nourished of ideological content, manipulated by the instances of power; political, economic, social, cultural. I tried to discover what are the levels of participation, influence that is found in the concept and practice of planning, urban planning, the new architecture and the discipline of conservation, in the effort to safeguard the local cultural heritage, however we find a confusing and contradictory scene, causing loss and destruction on the cultural heritage of the historic center of Cusco.