San Agustín culture

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archaeological culture pre-Columbian civilization

The San Agustín culture was a pre-Columbian archaeological civilization in the Andean region of present-day Colombia, renowned for its monumental stone sculptures, elaborate tombs, and complex funerary rituals.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Calima culture 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ
archaeologicallyInvestigatedSince late 19th century ⓘ
artStyle anthropomorphic stone sculpture ⓘ
mythological composite figures ⓘ
zoomorphic stone sculpture ⓘ
centeredIn Alto Magdalena region NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Agustín, Huila NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
declineReason uncertain ⓘ
developedFrom earlier local Andean cultures ⓘ
flourished approximately 1st millennium CE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Alto de las Piedras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Alto de los Ídolos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fuente de Lavapatas NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Chaquira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesitas A, B, C, D NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Agustín Archaeological Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site (through San Agustín Archaeological Park) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature aligned statues along processional routes ⓘ
ritual waterworks at Fuente de Lavapatas ⓘ
influenced later regional funerary traditions ⓘ
knownFor burial mounds ⓘ
complex funerary rituals ⓘ
elaborate tombs ⓘ
megalithic statues ⓘ
monumental stone sculptures ⓘ
petroglyphs ⓘ
stone sarcophagi ⓘ
languageStatus original language unknown ⓘ
locatedIn Andean region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huila Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
present-day Colombia ⓘ
partOf Northern Andes cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
practiced ritual burial ⓘ
stone carving ⓘ
tumulus construction ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
religion ancestor worship ⓘ
polytheistic belief system ⓘ
timePeriod Early Intermediate period ⓘ
Formative period ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1995 ⓘ
usedMaterial andesite ⓘ
volcanic stone ⓘ

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San Agustín culture (peripheral connections) → hasCoreTradition → San Agustín culture ⓘ
San Agustín Archaeological Park → associatedWithCulture → San Agustín culture ⓘ
Calima region → namedAfter → San Agustín culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calima culture