Muisca
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The Muisca were a pre-Columbian culture and colonial communities of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish colonization of the Americas, whose customs lasted up to the beginning of the 19th c
Muisca raft (1200–1500 CE) representation of the initiation of the new zipa at the lake of Guatavita
View of the Eastern Ranges of the Andean natural region Lake Tota is clearly visible
Petroglyphs of El Abra (~11,000 BCE)
A Muiscan ceramic figure, 600–1600 AD
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
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The Altiplano Cundiboyacense is a high plateau located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes covering parts of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá. The altiplano corresponds to the a
Muisca
…The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) were a pre-Columbian culture and colonial communities of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish colonization of the Americas, whose customs lasted up to the beginning of the 19th century and Colombian independence, and are…
Typical landscape of the Altiplano, near Arcabuco, Boyacá
Panorama of the Iraca Valley of Sogamoso (foreground)–Duitama (left)
Panorama of the Playa de los Frailejones on the Ocetá Páramo
Northern South America around 90 Mya