Museum of the Laboratory of Anthropology of the University of Santiago del Estero

Av. Belgrano Sur 2980
Tel. 085-224587

The exhibits in this museum were donated by two private collectors, namely, Juan Bautista Giménez and Roque Gómez. The museum has archaeological and paleontologic material. The lithic pieces were found in the south of the province and belong to groups of hunter-gatherers with no pottery. Some of the pieces date back to between 3,000 and 4,000 years B.C. The pottery exhibited belongs to later groups from the Argentine Northwest, dating from approximately 300 or 400 A.D. There is also wickerwork, woven articles and potsherds belonging to a culture known by the name of Las Mercedes. lt has a funerary urn with a representation of a figure playing the flute on its neck. Horned owls and barn owls were amongst the figures used most frequently to decorate pottery.

Santiago del Estero
This is the oldest surviving city founded by the Spaniards. It is located on the river Dulce, 1,042km. away from the city of Buenos Aires, on national route No. 9 and 187m. above sea level. In addition to its museums, one can also visit its cathedral, the first diocese in the country dating back to 1876, Libertad Park, Aguirre Park, the Convent of Santo Domingo where the Holy Sheet is exhibited, and the Church of La Merced.