<< Other Photo Pages >> Potrero de Payogasta - Ancient Village or Settlement in Argentina
Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 18 January 2014 Page Views: 3560
Multi-periodSite Name: Potrero de Payogasta Alternative Name: Cerro Kawsay (Hill of Life)Country: Argentina
NOTE: This site is 42.732 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Salta
Latitude: 24.828S Longitude: 66.044W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
bat400 would like to visit
Features include the highest standing ruins in Argentina of a kallanka, a rectangular gabled hall situated on a plaza with large frequent doorways to let in light, and two circular walls. (These features are easily seen on Google maps.) The site covers about 9 ha.
The town is sited on the Rio Potrero, and in addition to this Inka element, the river valley was inhabited for at least 400 years, and multiple cultures, prior to the Inka incorporation of the people of this valley into their empire. Elements of these earlier cultures can be seen in the recently documented petroglyphs in the area. Located on a notable hill, dubbed Cerro Kawsay (the Hill of Life,) there are over 300 figures, the majority of them depicting llamas.
The location given is for the Inka ruins.
Sources:
Terence D'Altroy, Veronica Williams, Ana Marie Lorandi, "The Inka in the Southlands,"
Variations in the Expression of Inka Power: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 1997, editor Joanne Pillsbury, 2007.
Gordon F. McEwan, The Incas: New Perspectives, W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.
Note: Mexican archaeologists document petroglyphs in northeast Argentina.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Flickr
The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
32.3km SSW 207° Bogatta Ancient Village or Settlement
33.7km SSW 201° Mariscal Ancient Village or Settlement
34.5km SSW 200° Archaeological Museum Pío Pablo Díaz* Museum
64.0km E 86° MAAM* Museum
152.6km NNE 25° Pucará de Tilcara* Ancient Village or Settlement
159.8km NNE 24° Pucará de Juella Hillfort
164.0km NNE 25° Pucará del Angosto de Perchel Hillfort
167.9km NNE 27° La Huerta Ancient Village or Settlement
171.9km NNE 25° Pucará de Campo Morado Hillfort
176.6km NNE 23° Los Armarillos Ancient Village or Settlement
176.9km NNE 24° Pucará de Yacoraite Hillfort
182.0km S 180° Los Quilmes* Ancient Village or Settlement
194.8km NNE 22° Pucará de Peñas Blancas Hillfort
196.1km S 176° Museo Pachamama* Museum
202.1km NNE 23° Coctaca Ancient Village or Settlement
204.6km S 181° Fuerte Quemado* Ancient Village or Settlement
237.2km S 172° Tafi del Valle* Sculptured Stone
253.2km W 273° Llullaillaco Vault Chambered Tomb
304.5km NW 312° Tulor Ancient Village or Settlement
306.2km NW 314° R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum* Museum
307.9km NW 314° Pucara de Quitor* Stone Fort or Dun
327.2km NW 317° Petroglifos Yerbas Buenas* Rock Art
337.4km SSW 199° El Shincal Ancient Village or Settlement
378.6km W 262° San Ramon 15 Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
432.8km NW 312° Chug Chug Geoglyphs* Hill Figure or Geoglyph
View more nearby sites and additional images