This is an informative synthesis of what, from May 2006 to January 2019, was done and achieved within and with the Samarina Archaeological Project (PAS) of the Santa Elena Peninsula State University (UPSE). Its importance lies in demonstrating what a Public University (State) with a small budget can achieve when it is proposed, thanks to the awareness and commitment of its authorities to the identity, memory and cultural heritage (local, regional and state), as well as what happens otherwise. This article aims not only to show the scientific nature of the study but also the high possibilities of interweaving with the environment, particularly with local governments and communities, for the sake of the common good, interests and heritage. This article aims to make visible and draw attention to the processes developed, which more than once have been hindered by a series of situations that today have it practically in a state of risk and abandonment. For this, methodologically, we have resorted to the review of archives and the experiential synthesis of the direct actors of this project.

Samarina, UPSE, Archaeological Project, Guangala, Cultural Heritage, Santa Elena