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Colombian Culture History and Archaeology

Culture history, archaeological sites, and other information related to the past of Colombia.
Colombia Geography
Maps and other geographical info about Colombia.
Colombia: Portals to the World
Colombia history, politics and culture from the US Library of Congress
El Museo del Oro, Colombia
Conducts research and preserves cultural resource information for archaeological sites in the country--lots of terrific information. Spanish.
Muisca Culture
The Muisca culture were people who lived in the Andes Mountains of central Columbia from about AD 1000-1550.
Quimbaya Culture
The people of the Quimbaya culture of Colombia (AD 300-1550) were goldsmiths par excellence
Rock Art in Colombia
An article in the TRACCE newsletter on rock art in Colombia by Guillermo Munoz, in both English and Spanish.
San Agustin (Colombia)
The San Agustin archaeological park in Colombia includes a wide variety of stone sculptures carved between AD 100 and 1200.
San Jacinto 1 (Colombia)
The San Jacinto 1 archaeological site is in the Lower Magdalena valley of Colombia, and consists of a deeply buried sedentary fishing village dated between 6000 and 5700 years ago.
Sinú Culture
The Sinú culture of South America is another of several gold-working communities located on the Colombian coastline between about AD 300-1550.

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