The ruins of Laranjeiras (SE): historical archaeology and heritage education focus

The ruins as allegories of the fragment, of the incomplete, of the building that does not exist any more it contains the beauty of durability and ephemerality of vestiges, with a speech and make known showed a bullet lodged in its stones. They are spaces of recollection, implying in their conservation and consolidation. Against the fading memories of the contemporary transformations the ruins suffer depredations by the action of time or by individual human or institutional vulgarization (demolition or restoration). Studying the material culture the archeology historic wants to rebuild and understand the relationship of people with the social environment of Laranjeiras (SE). The heritage education with research and field work in the ruins is based on the notion that for the preservation of this material corpus to awareness of the population is necessary. In this article we seek to discuss the principles of historical archeology, the human/temporal intervention in ruins and the actions for the preservation, conservation, maintenance, and awareness of urban property.