Watungasta

Watungasta stood where the La Troya gorge meets the Abaucán valley, an important Inca centre on the road between Hualfín and Abaucán. Its remains include a large enclosed plaza crossed by a watercourse, storehouses and groups of rooms arranged around open spaces. The road crossed the Cuesta de Zapata, linking Watungasta with El Shincal and other centres in the southern part of the empire.

The site also preserves traces of occupation after the Spanish conquest. Archaeologists have distinguished Inca buildings from later structures, including towers with stone foundations and adobe walls, though the two phases are not always easily separated. Watungasta lay near mining sites in the Fiambalá mountains, and the old road continued to be used in Spanish times.

The later city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca lies here.