Tairona or Tayrona was a Pre-Columbian culture of Colombia, which consisted in a group of chiefdoms in the region of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in present-day Cesar, Magdalena and La Guajira Departments of Colombia, South America, which goes back at least to the 1st century AD and had significant demographic growth around the 11th century.
Monument in Santa Marta depicting Tairona
Tairona pendant
Tairona figure pendants in gold
Tairona necklace and earrings. 1000 CE. San Antonio Museum of Art
Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia
The pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia refers to the ancient cultures and civilizations that inhabited Colombia before the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century.
San Agustín Archaeological Park
Ciudad Perdida ("The Lost City")
Muisca raft. The figure refers to the ceremony of the legend of El Dorado.