Ruins of Quilmes

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.

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