Abstract: This article introduces a micro-morphological analysis of new material evidence recently found in a section of the Inca road that is located on the southern section of the Zapata hill (Catamarca Province, Northwestern Argentina) known as Cuesta de Zapata (Zapata Slope). We also performed a macro-morphological analysis, which lead us to think that this road was one of the main inter-nodal Inca circuit of regional interaction in central-west Catamarca. Even though this road was mentioned in previous papers, deeper studies aiming to gather information on its construction and the sites associated to it were not conducted before. Therefore, this research not only continues previous investigations in this area but also is meant to revise them. Methodology was based on micro and macromorphological analyses aiming to survey particular and holistic aspects of the road related to its role within the regional road network. The results so far are showing the presence of different types of settlements with certain kinds of architectonic features, facilities, recovered materials and relationship with the environment. Mobility routes internodal on this hill date from –at least– the Early Period to present times. ; En este artículo se presenta un análisis micromorfológico de las nuevas evidencias materiales halladas recientemente en un segmento de camino incaico localizado en el sector meridional de la sierra de Zapata (provincia de Catamarca, NO argentino) conocido como Cuesta de Zapata. Asimismo, se realiza un análisis macromorfológico que permite pensar que este camino constituyó para los incas uno de los principales circuitos internodales de interacción regional del centro-oeste catamarqueño. Si bien este camino fue mencionado en anteriores trabajos, nunca se habían realizado estudios en profundidad tendientes a relevar sus rasgos constructivos y sitios asociados. Por esta razón, estos trabajos además de significar la continuidad de las investigaciones en la zona también representan una revisión de los estudios previamente ...
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