Marco legal, programa de aplicación y sustento institucional: claves para implementar una adecuada preservación del patrimonio arqueológico y paleontológico en Entre Ríos

Abstract

The presentation analyzes some examples related to the application of the law of archaeological and paleontological heritage of the province of Entre Ríos, demonstrating how this legal tool has allowed the institutional insertion of the Museum “Antonio Serrano” in the safeguard of the provincial heritage and for the development archaeological and paleontological investigations in the province. Until June 2003, Argentina did not have a specific law to protect archaeological and paleontological assets. Law 25743 represented an advance on the protection of said assets, also establishing an enforcement authority at the national level and urging the provinces to legislate accordingly. The province of Entre Ríos, on March 29, 2006, was the first provincial state that legislated in accordance and explicitly with the national regulatory framework, through Provincial Law 9686. This law integrates those aspects considered in the national regulations, but also incorporates other concepts and definitions that encompass other aspects not clearly contemplated before. Law 9686 designated the Ministry of Culture of the province, and through it, the Museum “Antonio Serrano”, as the competent enforcement authority on the matter. From that moment, progress was made in multiple fields of conservation of the archaeological and paleontological heritage, territorially ordering the investigations carried out in the province of Entre Ríos.

Key-words: Heritage;Legislation, Entre Ríosprovince, Law 9686.