Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Location

province of Jujuy

Country

Argentina

Year of Research

2003

Culture

Quebrada de Humahuaca follows the line of a major artistic route, the Camino Inca, along the fantastic valley of the Rio Grande, from its source in the cold high desert plateau of the High Andean lands to its confluence with the Rio Leone some 150 km to the south.
The valley shows significant evidence of its use as a major trade route over the past 10,000 years.
It features visible traces of early hunter-gatherer communities, of the Inca Empire (15th to 16th centuries) and of the fight for independence in the 19th and 20th centuries.