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Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia

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Most of the Amerindians practiced agriculture and the social structure of each indigenous community was different. Some groups of indigenous people such as the Caribs lived in a state of permanent war, but others had less bellicose attitudes.
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None of the native peoples developed a system of writing comparable to that of the Mayas, nor a native empire such as that of the Aztecs or Incas. By 1500, the most advanced of the indigenous peoples were the Taironas and the Muiscas.
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took advantage of its location in one of the main natural ways of communication between the Pacific Coast and the valley of the Cauca River, which promoted the flourishing of a culture characterized by its goldsmith.
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Valley. Between 5000 and 1000 BCE, hunter-gatherer tribes transitioned to agrarian societies; fixed settlements were established, and pottery appeared. Beginning in the 1st millennium BCE, groups of
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and Córdoba) and its recognized by their utilitarian and ritual ceramics and goldsmith in which they combined several techniques. They also did a system of drainage channels to control floodings.
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The population of these Pre-Columbian cultures in the Modern-Day territory of Colombia is estimated to have been around 6 million. Around a third of them, or about 2 million people were
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and other sites, traces from the Archaic Period (~8000–2000 BCE) have been found. Vestiges indicate that there was also early occupation in the regions of
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There was no dominant culture in the pre-Columbian Colombia. Most of the aboriginal groups belonged to one of 3 major linguistic groups (
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Owing to its location, the present territory of Colombia was a corridor of early human migration from
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Correal, Urrego G. (1993). "Nuevas evidencias culturales pleistocenicas y megafauna en Colombia".
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Indigenous people inhabited the territory that is now Colombia by 12,500 BCE. Nomadic
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is recognized by their pottery, emphasizing the negative painting or positive bicolor.
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with neighboring nations. Among Muisca goldsmith, is remarkable the fabrication of
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Broadbent, Sylvia (1965). "Los Chibchas: organización socio-polític".
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in central Colombia. It's recognized by their goldsmith and pottery.
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Historia de Colombia: el establecimiento de la dominación española
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inhabited northern Colombia in the isolated mountain range of
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Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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Ranges of the Colombian Andes (current-day departments of
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inhabited the upper Magdalena region in what is today the
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traded with one another and with other cultures from the
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Chaves, Álvaro; Morales, Jorge; Calle, Horacio (1995).
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Location map of the pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia
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In southwestern Colombia (department of Nariño), the
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refers to the ancient cultures and civilizations of
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Index


lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview

Colombia
Muiscas
Andean highlands
Mesoamerica
Caribbean
Andes
Amazon basin
Paleoindian
Puerto Hormiga
El Abra
Tequendama
Cundinamarca
hunter-gatherer
El Abra
Tibitó
Tequendama
Bogotá
Magdalena River
Amerindians
Muisca
Zenú
Quimbaya
Tairona
cacicazgos
Arawak

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