Community Archaeology at Cerro de Trincheras

Beyond the knowledge derived from archeological research on pre-Hispanic societies, one of the most important experiences of the binational project at Cerro de Trincheras in northwest Sonora, Mexico has been the relationship developed with the local community over more than three decades; formative to archaeologists and trinchereños. There is no doubt that my personal experience is reflected in this article, but it also summarizes the link that has been woven in multiple ways with research, training, management, and museography with community to reinterpret an element of the landscape as their cultural heritage. I present the activities that we have carried out together with the community, since the opening of the site for public visit at the end of 2011. Cerro de Trincheras is one of the few places in northern Mexico where members of a community experience public archaeology.