Parque Arqueológico Rumipamba — Attraction in Rumipamba

We have overlooked this museum and the archeological site for many visits to Quito, but I am glad to have made a belated visit.

This site and museum are designed to show the long history of indigenous people in the Quito area. The artifacts show the millennias the indigenous populations of the various cultures over some 3,500 years had in this area. The ruins date to well before the later indigenous empires, so they are basic but nicely preserved.

They have constructed several structures to show how the indigenous lived 1000 or more years ago. We tagged along with a fantastic guide who did a superb job of providing facts, history, and interactions with the group he was leading. I learned a lot.

It was a fun day exploring an understated museum and archeological site. A quick visit can be made if time is tight. There are several points to see nice...

Amazing and wonderful! This historical place is an obligated stop to know a little bit of the first people to live in Quito nearly 3000 years ago!.. To get here you need to make a reservation, you have a guided tour, well organized and the people in charge is really nice and very prepared to answer all the questions you'll probably make! It's totally free, you may not bring food because is an ecological park and also museum. Plenty of information you could find here , I was amazed for all the history behind of Rumipamba. During the tour you may watch some historical recreation and rest of ceramics, then after this you walk around the different places located here, interesting and very beautiful indeed. Fresh air, green paths, nice information and more you can...

El Parque Arqueológico y Ecológico Rumipamba muestra una pequeña fracción de lo que fue la ocupación de Quito antes de la llegada de los Incas. Entre los múltiples hallazgos realizados a lo largo de cerca de 15 años de investigación arqueológica, destacan importantes muros de piedra, restos de casas, hornos y fogones, y un buen número de tumbas así como una enorme cantidad de artefactos de cerámica y piedra. Los antiguos habitantes de Rumipamba vivían en casas con forma de óvalos o circulares, con pisos de barro cocido; practicaban la agricultura como principal forma de subsistencia; consumían maíz, fréjol, capulí, además de carne de llama, alpaca, venado y cuy; elaboraban textiles y enterraban a sus muertos acompañados de ofrendas de cerámica, que probablemente contenían alimentos. Los antiguos pobladores de Rumipamba no estaban aislados, sino que formaban parte de una población distribuida por el valle de Quito y sus alrededores; compartían un estilo cerámico homogéneo, y adicionalmente utilizaba una vajilla importada, de una cerámica muy fina proveniente de la Amazonía, que los arqueólogos denominan Panzaleo o Cosanga

Fácil acceso, cercano al centro de la ciudad, sin costo y con actividades inversivas como el recorrido por los caminos de los yumbos que genera un grado de entendimiento del comercio...