Half day Archaeological Tour - San Pedro de Atacama

Half day Archaeological Tour - San Pedro de Atacama

Try to know the beginning of the valuable Atacameño culture; visiting places of great archaeological importance such as the Tulor village of more than 2800 years old. Archeology is undoubtedly an important source to know the ancient dimension of this oasis of Atacama, from when it began to be occupied by man.

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Pass By: San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile

At the foot of the imposing Lincancabur volcano with more than 5,900 meters high, the highest existing height of the town, history and modernity come together. With an age of approximately 11 thousand years, the culture of San Pedro de Atacama, received different influences in its stage of evolution of the various American cultures, such as Tiwanaku, which developed at the foot of Lake Titicaca of Bolivia, Inca, which it extended its dominions from Peru to the central zone of Chile, the Aymara and finally that of the Spanish colonizers.

Then we will visit the Atacameño fortress known as Pukará de Quitor, which was built in the 12th century, the remains of Pukará de Quitor show us the great social organization of the Atacamean ancestors in front of the Spanish conquerors. At an altitude of 2440 meters high and 3 kilometers from San Pedro de Atacama, is this pre-Inca defensive fortress which covers an area of 2.5 hectares. These ruins are located on the slope of a small hill giving the sector a strategic position. The constructions were made with stone and adobe.