Ruins of Quilmes

The Ruins of Quilmes is an archaeological site in the Calchaquí Valleys, Tucumán Province, Argentina. They are the remains of what was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in the country,[1] occupying about thirty hectares.[2] The area dates back to ca 850 and was inhabited by the Quilmes people;[3] it is believed that about 5000 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]

References

  1. ^ Elsinger, Rubén (10 March 2008). "Las ruinas de los Quilmes, tomadas en Tucumán por los indígenas de la región" (in Spanish). Clarín. http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2008/03/10/sociedad/s-03405.htm. Retrieved 2 September 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Reymúndez, Carolina (25 June 2006). "Lo que quedó de los antiguos quilmes" (in Spanish). La Nación. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/817528-lo-que-quedo-de-los-antiguos-quilmes. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Link, Theodore; McCarthy, Rose (2004). Argentina: a primary source cultural guide. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 76. ISBN 9780823939978. http://books.google.com/books?id=zMPTV11OkeoC&pg=PT77. 
  4. ^ Sosa, Jorge (2007) (in Spanish), "Ruinas" de Quilmes, historia de un desproposito, p. 7, http://www.comunidadamaicha.org.ar/kilmes.pdf, retrieved 31 August 2011 
  5. ^ Tamagnini, Marcela (2006) (in Spanish). Problemáticas de la arqueología contemporánea, Volume 1. Univ Nacional de Río Cuarto. p. 316. ISBN 9789506654047. http://books.google.com/books?id=pRwAYIqsOo8C&pg=PA316.