Kellollampu

Kellollampu, or Tierra Amarilla, lies in the Copiapó valley amid the dry mountains of northern Chile. Its name is associated with the yellow earth of the valley, where river water supports cultivation in an otherwise arid country. The district also preserves evidence of Inca mining and metallurgy at Viña del Cerro, an establishment in the upper valley where copper ores were processed using furnaces. Its remains show how imperial techniques were brought into the lands of the Diaguita.