The Archaeological Plan Director of the Navia Basin. Balance of three decades of continued archaeological activity in western Asturias

Abstract

The Navia Basin Archaeological Master Plan is the document by which the Government of Principado de Asturias ordered between 1997 and 2009 interventions on the archaeological heritage of the Navia-Eo territories, in the extreme west of the region. Until then, despite the economic effort made by the Regional Government, the results in these regions were not very satisfactory in terms of conservation of historical heritage due to the lack of a project that would define the objectives and an adequate management model. For this reason, a master plan was commissioned to establish the priorities for archaeological intervention in its various facets: conservation, research and dissemination. This -paper will show the criteria used in the selection of objectives, the type of proposed interventions and the financing channels used. Likewise, it will present the progress made while the plan was in force and the causes that led to its abrupt interruption.