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.
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
List of pre-Columbian cultures