Muisca Confederations were loose confederations of different Muisca chiefdoms in the Eastern Andean highlands of what is today Colombia before the Spanish conquest of northern South America. These uni
Landscape of Chipazaque
The Muisca were bordered to the west by the Emerald People
The Sun Temple was the seat of the iraca
The area around Tundama was filled with small lakes of which some bloody evidences remain
Bacatá
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Bacatá is the name given to the main settlement of one of the Muisca Confederations on the Bogotá savanna. It mostly refers to an area, rather than an individual village, although the name is also fou
Muisca Confederations (political units)
…significance, as chiefs preferred exotic clothing and sumptuous palisades to show their power. There was no currency among the Muiscas. Capital – Bacatá Area – 5,430 square kilometres (2,100 sq mi…
When the first humans arrived in the area of Bacatá, the retreating lake shores were populated by the extinct New World gomphothere Cuvieronius
The almost circular Lake Guatavita was one of the most sacred sites of the Muisca. In this lake, the initiation ritual of the new zipa was held
Muisca fishermen in Funza (Bacatá)
Muyquytá was conquered by the troops of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada in April 1537