The Ruins of Quilmes is an archaeological site in the Calchaquí Valleys, Tucumán Province, Argentina. The site was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in the country, [1] occupying about 30 hectares. [2] The area dates back to ca 850 AD and was inhabited by the Quilmes people; [3] it is believed that about 5,000 people lived here during its heights. [2]
Although discovered in 1888 by Samuel Alejandro Lafone Quevedo, [4] the ruins were first studied in 1897 by the archaeologist Juan Bautista Ambrosetti. [5]
The Ruins of Quilmes is an archaeological site in the Calchaquí Valleys, Tucumán Province, Argentina. The site was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in the country, [1] occupying about 30 hectares. [2] The area dates back to ca 850 AD and was inhabited by the Quilmes people; [3] it is believed that about 5,000 people lived here during its heights. [2]
Although discovered in 1888 by Samuel Alejandro Lafone Quevedo, [4] the ruins were first studied in 1897 by the archaeologist Juan Bautista Ambrosetti. [5]