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Andes & Pacific, Tarapacá

Tarapaca pampa - unlisted oficina ruins

Old dump ground Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: Surface-visible 1870s-90s glass with intact labels possible in the hyper-arid desert: English ales, German lager..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1860-1900

Nitrate-era bottles from the pampa circulate among northern-Chile collectors; the unlisted oficina ruins are the accepted source. Specific dig write-ups not found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

No waterNo shade, no cell coverage - Atacama rules
old dynamite magazines.

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