An archaeological culture of Argentina's Northwest highlands (Catamarca, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero), renowned for its fine incised black-on-red ceramics and metalwork featuring feline and shamanic iconography. Direct successor to the Ciénaga culture in the same Hualfín/Abaucán valley system.
Declined by roughly 900-1100 CE; its highland valleys were later absorbed into successive Diaguita cultural spheres and, eventually, the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu).
Broad survey covering Formative/pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina, including the Aguada tradition's succession from Ciénaga.
Reference volume with chapters on Northwest Argentine archaeology covering the Aguada period.