Fuente de Lavapatas

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Fuente de Lavapatas is a pre-Columbian ceremonial and ritual stone fountain carved into a streambed at San Agustín Archaeological Park in Colombia.

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Fuente de Lavapatas canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site feature ⓘ
pre-Columbian ritual fountain ⓘ
rock-cut monument ⓘ
altitude about 1700 meters above sea level ⓘ
approximateStartTime 1st millennium CE ⓘ
associatedWith fertility rituals ⓘ
shamanic practices ⓘ
water deities ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
culture San Agustín culture ⓘ
discoveredByArchaeology 20th century ⓘ
functionHypothesis place for initiation rites ⓘ
place for offerings to deities ⓘ
place for ritual bathing ⓘ
hasConservationStatus protected ⓘ
hasFeature anthropomorphic figures ⓘ
basins ⓘ
carved channels ⓘ
geometric motifs ⓘ
relief carvings ⓘ
zoomorphic figures ⓘ
hasReliefType high relief carvings ⓘ
low relief carvings ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
isComponentOf San Agustín monumental complex ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Andes region of Colombia ⓘ
Huila Department ⓘ
San Agustín Archaeological Park ⓘ
locatedInOrNear San Agustín, Huila ⓘ
locatedInOrOn streambed ⓘ
managedBy Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
nearbyFeature burial mounds ⓘ
stone statues of San Agustín ⓘ
partOf San Agustín Archaeological Landscape of the Upper Magdalena ⓘ
San Agustín Archaeological Park ⓘ
period pre-Columbian era ⓘ
region Upper Magdalena River valley ⓘ
religionOrBeliefSystem Andean indigenous cosmology ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
translationOfName Lavapatas Fountain ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 744 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1995 ⓘ
use ceremonial purposes ⓘ
ritual purposes ⓘ
water-related rituals ⓘ
waterSource natural stream ⓘ

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