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Multi-periodSite Name: El Aguacate Alternative Name: Alto del AguacateCountry: Colombia
NOTE: This site is 65.068 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Village: San Andres de Pisimbala
Latitude: 2.565566N Longitude: 76.042494W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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A group of partly damaged Pre-Colombian rock cut tombs is located in the mountains south from San Andres de Pisimbala. The tombs belong to Tierradentro culture which left many complexes of underground tombs in this area. Most of them were cut between 500 and 900 AD and consist of the stairs leading town to the burial chamber. In some cases (for example Segovia) the wall-paintings have survived till nowadays, but in El Aguacate they are preserved only in one tomb. At least 5 tombs are completely collapsed.
El Aguacate is signposted on a mountain trail starting near the archaeological museum in San Andres de Pisimbala. The trail is quite difficult, especially after the rain.
Special thanks for my father who visited this and other sites during his trip to Colombia.
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