Angastaco

The Pucará of Angastaco stands in a small valley among the rugged Calchaquí ranges. The archaeological site is an Inca settlement near the Sierra de La Apacheta, in country marked by dry hills and the river that runs through the valley. The surrounding Calchaquí valleys later became a centre of indigenous resistance to Spanish expansion. During the sixteenth century, the leader Juan Calchaquí was associated with the struggle against the colonists in this mountainous region.