THE
ABORIGINAL RUINS ARE THE LIVING TESTIMONY OF OUR ROOTS. THE
NATIVE ARGENTINA REVEALS ITSELF THROUGH THEM AND INVITES US TO
MEET HER ON A TRIP TO THE PAST TO RETHINK THE PRESENT.
FROM
THE ORIGIN. THE ABORIGINAL TERM MEANS ETYMOLOGICALLY
FROM THE ORIGIN AND IS USED TO DESIGNATE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANT
OF THE SOIL HE LIVES ON. ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
WE FIND NUMEROUS ABORIGINAL RUINS THAT HELP US REBUILD
THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS OF OUR PEOPLE. THE
PRE-COLUMBIAN ARGENTINA LIVES IN THOSE LANDS AND FROM ITS VESTIGES WE
CALL TO DISCOVER IT.
TOWARDS
THE RUINS. ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOURISM LEADS US TO DISCOVER A
CULTURE FROM THE ROOT. FOR THIS TRIP TO THE PAST, ARGENTINA HAS
GREAT AND VALUABLE TESTIMONIES EMBODIED IN RUINED CITIES,
CAVE PAINTINGS AND WORKS IN DIFFERENT MATERIALS, SUCH AS STONE,
BRONZE AND CERAMIC. ENTERING THIS WONDERFUL UNIVERSE WE
ALLOWS YOU TO EXPERIENCE HOW THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE CURRENT LIVED
ARGENTINE TERRITORY.
RUINAS
FROM QUILMES. IN THE PROVINCE OF TUCUMÁN, 15 KM.
OF AMAICHA DEL VALLE, IS WHAT WAS THE LARGEST SETTLEMENT
PRE-HISPANIC OF ARGENTINA. THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF POPULATION
DATE BACK TO 800 A.D. AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE 17TH CENTURY THE AREA
WOULD HAVE REACHED 10,000 INHABITANTS. THE CITADEL HAD A
STRATEGIC LOCATION: LOCATED ON THE TOP OF CERRO ALTO DEL REY -A
1,850 METERS HIGH-, IT ALLOWED TO CONTROL THE VALLEY IN ALL ITS
MAGNITUDE. THANKS TO THIS UNMATCHED GEOGRAPHY A AND ITS DEVELOPED
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION, THE QUILMES MANAGED TO RESIST
FOR 130 YEARS TO ATTEMPTS AT EVANGELIZATION AND CONQUEST
SPANISH MILITARY, BECOMING THE LAST INDIGENOUS STRONGHOLD
BEFORE THE COLONIZING ADVANCE. AT THE FOOT OF THE RUINS, WE FIND THE
THE MUST-SEE SITE MUSEUM WHERE THE MATERIAL OF THE
EXCAVATIONS: FORTRESSES, DEFENSIVE REDOUBTS, CORRALS, DEPOSITS
WITH FLAGSTONE WALLS, HOUSING UNITS AND POTTERY ARE SOME
OF THE RELICS DISCOVERED IN THIS IMPOSING CITY OF MUD AND
STONE.
SANTA
TASTIL'S ROSE. 100 KM. OF THE CITY OF SALTA, THE
TASTIL RUINS. 2.5 KM. FROM THE TOWN AND 200 METERS HIGH, LOOMING
THE WALLS OF A CITY THAT WAS INHABITED BETWEEN THE YEARS 1,300 AND
AD 1,400 & NBSP; ITS 440 HOUSING COMPLEXES COVER AN AREA OF
APPROXIMATELY 12 HECTARES AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE CITADEL COULD
HAVING HOUSED MORE THAN 2,000 INHABITANTS. IT HAS FIVE SEATS
COMMUNAL BUT, NOT HAVING ROADS, IT IS CONJECTURED THAT ONE WALKED
ON THE WALLS AND THE HOUSES WERE ACCESSED THROUGH THE
ROOF HOLES. FROM THE INVESTIGATIONS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES STARTED IN 1967, IT IS KNOWN THAT THE INHABITANTS OF
TASTIL WERE EXCELLENT TELEROS, THEY MADE STONE OBJECTS AND
POTTERY, RAISED CAMELIDS, GREW AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND
THEY TRADED WITH THE ANDEAN PEOPLES.
LEGACY
CULTURAL. TO GET TO KNOW ARGENTINA IN DEPTH, VISIT THESE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL IS ESSENTIAL. THE CULTURE OF OUR COUNTRY
IT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF AN ETHNIC AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORK WHERE EACH PART
FORMS A RICH COMPLEX WHOLE. STARTING AT THE ORIGIN IS THE POINT OF
DEPARTURE TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY, PROCESSES AND IDIOSYNCRASY OF
A TOWN. ENCOURAGE TO DISCOVER THE ABORIGINAL CULTURE THAT INHABITS OUR
LAND AND APPROACH TANGOL. THE AGENCY (LOCATED
IN FLORIDA 971, GROUND FLOOR, LOCAL 31) OFFERS YOU EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINS AND RETRACE THE TRACKS
INDIGENOUS.