From November 21 to 23, Matanzas province will hold the First Cuban Congress of Historical Archaeology, whose aim is to encourage an academic, theoretical, and methodological encounter to address heritage issues.

Matanzas, Cuba.- According to the Girón Newspaper the Congress will gather experts from Cuba, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Puerto Rico with issues on various branches of archeology such as underwater, industrial, and management of archeological heritage, history in urban contexts, among others.

Dialogue and planning work strategies related to the protection and dissemination of archaeological heritage are the meeting’s goals that will bring together professionals from the social sciences to articulate dynamic, coherent, and participatory policies and strategies, according to the multiple cultural contexts. (PL)