List of archaeological sites in Colombia

Archaeological sites in Colombia are numerous and diverse, including findings and archaeological excavations that have taken place in the area now covered by the Republic of Colombia. The archaeological finds and features cover all periods since the Paleolithic, representing different aspects of the various cultures of ancient precolumbian civilizations, such as the Muisca, Quimbaya and Tairona among many others. Preservation and investigation of these sites are controlled mainly by the Ministry of Culture, the National Institute of Anthropology and History, and the Bank of the Republic. The lack of funding to protect sites and enforce existing laws, results in large scale looting and illegal trading of artifacts.

Photograph of Tairona gold pendants in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Repatriation of archaeological treasures is a very important issue for the Colombian government

List of archaeological sites

Age	Period	Site	Image
10,400 BC	Late Pleistocene-preceramic	El Abra
9850 BC	Late Pleistocene-preceramic	Tibitó
9000 BC - 1537	Late Pleistocene-preceramic-Herrera-Muisca	Tequendama
6500-1500 BC	Andean preceramic	Checua
6000-5000 BC	Neolithic	Monsú and Puerto Hormiga
3000-700 BC	Andean preceramic-Herrera	Aguazuque
2500-1500 BC	Andean preceramic	El Infiernito
1600-500 BC	Delayed Cacical	El Morro del Tulcán
600 BC - 300	Formative Sinú Malagana-Sonsoid	Malagana
800 BC	Early Tairona	Ciudad Perdida
200 BC	Classic San Agustin	San Agustín
200 BC - 600	Classic Tierradentro	Tierradentro

See also

• Colombia portal
• History portal

• List of pre-Columbian cultures