MAAM Salta
The highlight of the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña are the mummies of three children, sacrificed in the Inca period on the Llullaillaco volcano (6739 m), with over 100 burial offerings.
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The 6739 m high Llullaillaco is the highest historically active volcano in the world. View from the east from the place known as "Cementerio" (cemetery) at about 4900 m altitude.
The current stratovolcano —a cone-shaped volcano built from successive layers of thick lava flows and eruption products like ash and rock fragments— is built on top of an older stratovolcano.
© Photo: Mario Lazarovich
The highlight of the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña are the mummies of three children, sacrificed in the Inca period on the Llullaillaco volcano (6739 m), with over 100 burial offerings.