Upper Magdalena region

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The Upper Magdalena region is an area in southwestern Colombia known as the heartland of ancient Andean cultures, particularly associated with the monumental stone sculptures and archaeological sites of the San Agustín tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance largest concentration of megalithic monuments in Colombia ⓘ
major center of stone sculpture in northern Andes ⓘ
associatedWithCulture San Agustín culture ⓘ
Tierradentro culture ⓘ
ancient Andean cultures ⓘ
climate humid ⓘ
temperate ⓘ
conservationIssues erosion of stone monuments ⓘ
looting of archaeological sites ⓘ
contains Alto de las Piedras ⓘ
Alto de los Ídolos ⓘ
San Agustín Archaeological Park ⓘ
Tierradentro Archaeological Park ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
geographicalFeature inter-Andean valley ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasResearchField Andean archaeology ⓘ
iconography studies ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite San Agustín Archaeological Park ⓘ
Tierradentro Archaeological Park ⓘ
knownFor San Agustín archaeological tradition ⓘ
megalithic statues ⓘ
monumental stone sculptures ⓘ
petroglyphs ⓘ
pre-Columbian archaeological sites ⓘ
tombs and burial mounds ⓘ
languageRegion Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Andean region of Colombia ⓘ
southwestern Colombia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Cauca Department ⓘ
Huila Department ⓘ
Tolima Department ⓘ
mainEconomicActivities agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
namedAfter Magdalena River ⓘ
partOf Magdalena River basin ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing 1st millennium CE ⓘ
periodOfOccupation Classic period ⓘ
Formative period ⓘ
preColumbianLanguages extinct indigenous languages ⓘ
religiousAndRitualRole ceremonial landscape ⓘ
funerary center ⓘ
timeDepth pre-Columbian era ⓘ
tourismType archaeological tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
traversedBy Magdalena River ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ

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Neiva → locatedInRegion → Upper Magdalena River Valley ⓘ
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Betania Dam → locatedInRegion → Upper Magdalena Valley ⓘ
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Bogotá River → passesThrough → Upper Magdalena Valley ⓘ
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San Agustín culture → centeredIn → Alto Magdalena region ⓘ
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Alto de Lavapatas → partOf → Upper Magdalena River archaeological region ⓘ
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Fuente de Lavapatas → region → Upper Magdalena River valley ⓘ
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El Quimbo Reservoir → locatedInValley → upper Magdalena Valley ⓘ
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Alto de las Piedras archaeological site → region → Upper Magdalena River region ⓘ
linked to: Upper Magdalena region