Abstract Through a case study of the Musanze Caves, this paper describes the impact of Rwanda’s heritage tourism industry on archaeological resources. The paper outlines Rwanda’s tourism industry and describes how it privileges ‘natural heritage’ above ‘cultural heritage’, a situation which is negatively impacting upon archaeological sites such as the Musanze Caves. To create the Musanze Caves tourism experience there has been significant non-archaeological excavation and construction in the caves, which has damaged regionally significant archaeological remains that date from 1000 CE to the present. Furthermore, the Musanze Caves tourism experience does not incorporate extant archaeological information into the presented narrative, which is instead based on ‘natural heritage’ and adventure tourism. This situation is damaging rare resources that might help construct new historical narratives to replace untenable colonial and pre-genocide ones, and is generally unhelpful in communicating the knowledge that we do have about the region’s history.

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卢旺达的国际遗产旅游：在Musanze洞穴中铺砌过去

摘要通过对穆桑泽洞穴的个案研究，描述了卢旺达的遗产旅游业对考古资源的影响。该文件概述了卢旺达的旅游业，并描述了卢旺达如何使“自然遗产”优先于“文化遗产”，这种情况对诸如穆桑泽石窟这样的考古遗址产生了负面影响。为了创造Musanze Caves旅游体验，在洞穴中进行了大量的非考古发掘和建设，破坏了自公元1000年至今的区域重要考古遗迹。此外，Musanze Caves的旅游经历并未将现存的考古信息纳入所呈现的叙述中，而是基于“自然遗产”和探险旅游。