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This article presents the occupational pottery sequence of the Las Turquesas Mine, located in El Salvador, Diego de Almagro commune, discussing its contributions to the knowledge of the pre-hispanic lapidary mining and the probable interrelations between the cultural manifestations pottery drcumpundia and of the Copiapo valley, with the purpose to characterize its particular intermodal occupations within the Atacama Desert. Likewise, linkages of this site are posited with local road routes and the longitudinal Qhapaq Nan. There is also unpublished absolute dated from the Las Turquesas Mine and Finca of Chanaral oasis, to discuss certain social interactions. Finally, based on the site Las Turquesas Mine, as an analytical focal point, the sociocultural singularities of the area under study (Diego de Almagro commune), located in the Southern Atacama Desert, are proposed.