Quimbaya

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archaeological culture indigenous people pre-Columbian culture

Quimbaya refers to a pre-Columbian indigenous culture of present-day Colombia, renowned for its sophisticated goldwork and metal artistry.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Quimbaya culture 2
Late Quimbaya period 1
Quimbaya people 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
artifactsHeldAt Museo del Oro Quimbaya, Armenia ⓘ
Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) ⓘ
surface form: Museo del Oro, Bogotá

various international museums ⓘ
artStyle geometric decoration ⓘ
highly stylized human figures ⓘ
naturalistic animal representations ⓘ
associatedWith Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) ⓘ
surface form: Quimbaya Treasure
country Colombia ⓘ
declineCausedBy Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form: Spanish conquest
developed advanced metallurgy ⓘ
sophisticated casting techniques ⓘ
discoveredThrough archaeological excavations ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
trade ⓘ
flourished approximately 300–1600 CE ⓘ
heritageOf modern Colombian identity ⓘ
influencedBy other Andean cultures ⓘ
knownFor anthropomorphic figurines ⓘ
goldwork ⓘ
lost-wax casting ⓘ
metal artistry ⓘ
nose rings ⓘ
pectoral ornaments ⓘ
poporos ⓘ
tumbaga alloy objects ⓘ
vessels and containers ⓘ
zoomorphic figurines ⓘ
languageFamily Chibchan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Cauca River Valley ⓘ
surface form: Cauca River basin

Andean Region of Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Central Andes of Colombia

Cauca River Valley ⓘ
surface form: Middle Cauca River valley

present-day Colombia ⓘ
materialUsed clay ⓘ
copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
stone ⓘ
tumbaga ⓘ
partOf pre-Hispanic cultures of Colombia ⓘ
practiced ancestor worship ⓘ
funerary rituals with rich grave goods ⓘ
region Coffee-Growers Axis ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium CE ⓘ
Quimbaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Late Quimbaya period

pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oro Room → focusesOnCulture → Quimbaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quimbaya culture
this entity surface form: Quimbaya people
The Offering → relatedCulture → Quimbaya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quimbaya culture
Quimbaya → timePeriod → Quimbaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Quimbaya period