Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

Cultures > Semi-arid North > Diaguita

Environment and Location

The Diaguita culture developed in Chile’s Norte Chico, which extends southward from the Copiapó River to the Choapa River. This territory has a semi-arid environment traversed by many valleys and mountain chains that run from the Andes Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

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