Santa Rosa de Tastil On-site Museum

Located on national route No. 51, 15km. away from Puerta de Tastil and 100 meters from the archaeological site
Tel. No. of the "Juan Martín Leguizamón"
Museum of Antropology: 087-222960
From Mondays to Sundays from 10a. m. to 6p.m.

This is one of the oldest villages in the area. It is an important archaeological site discovered by Eric Boman in 1903. According to studies carried out later, the site was a former settlement comprising 440 dwellings inhabited by 2,200 Indians of the Andean and Pampean races who lived there between 1336 and 1439 A.D,. This pre-Incan city is located 100km, away from Salta and lies 3,200m. above sea level at the top of some hills covering an area of 12 hectares where there are remains of dwellings, winding little roads, open spaces, garbage dumps, in addition to a large number of ceramic, metal, stone, bone and wooden objects, woven fabrics and plant fibers. There are also petroglyphs made for magical-religious purposes.

Santa Rosa de Tastil
This village is located 106km. away from the city of Salta and lies 3, 110m above sea level. It is reached by national route No. 51 that extends to San Antonio de los Cobres. The road is of consolidated dirt and runs along the river Rosario. The village itself has only 11 inhabitants, 3 of which work for the regional museums. When the people living in the surrounding area gather in the village, they add up to 150.