2017-12-18Carlos Armando Rodríguez In the second part of this article I analyze four new cultural variables that, in my opinion, allow us to infer an intermediate level of social hierarchization among the Late Herrera populations: a) goldsmithing, b) intensification of cultural exchanges, c) differentiation in the funerary practices, and d) the practices of anthropogenic cranial modification and mummification. Veja mais
2017-12-15Carlos Eduardo López Geoarchaeology as a hybrid subdiscipline originating in the fields of Earth Sciences and Social Sciences has increased its interest globally and especially in the last two decades in Latin America. Veja mais
2017-12-15Carlos Armando Rodríguez This article focuses on the interdisciplinary analysis of four cultural variables, which allow us to infer an intermediate range of social inequalities in the Late Herrera culture of the Cundiboyacense Altiplano: a) settlement patterns and architectural structures, b) intensification of primary food production (agriculture and hunting)... Veja mais
2017-12-15Carlos Eduardo López The finding of a trepanning skull in Planadas, Tolima, a rare find in Colombian archaeology, motivates these reflections; a description of the finding and its context is made and similar practices in Colombia, the American continent, especially Peru, Bolivia, Mesoamerica, Europe, Asia and Oceania are studied and related. Veja mais
2017-12-15José Vicente Rodríguez Cuenca The departamento of the Valle del Cauca covers a wide range of landscapes from the Pacific coast and the Western and Central mountain ranges, to the structural hills and the flood plain of the river Cauca. Veja mais
2017-12-15E. L. Rodríguez During the execution of the preventive archeology program of the intervention authorization “N° 3740” of the ICANH (Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History), granted for the electrical Subestación interconnection project 'UPME 02-2009 Armenia 230kV' and the associated interconnection line, executed by Empresa de Energía de Bogotá S.A. ESP., (Today Grupo de Energía Bogotá S.A. Veja mais
2017-12-15Carlos Eduardo López In Colombia since the beginning of preventive archeology in the 20th century, interdisciplinary research has been carried out in Colombia with restorers and conservatives, who have helped to safeguard the archaeological heritage. Actually there are numerous challenges for scientific research in archaeological contexts. Veja mais
