Prehispanic Culture

It's a group of cultures that were located in west Colombia in the actual department of Valle del Cauca, in the rivers valleys of San Juan, river Dagua...

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the were divided in three different civilization, Llama, Yotoco, Sonso.

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They used long and fixed hair,and they distort their muscles

with ties.

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The gods were anthropomorphic beings.

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They developed metallurgical systems to combine copper with gold.

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.....were one of the historical groups that, in the 16th century, inhabited the western slope of the Central mountain range, in a restricted area of old Caldas, which corresponds to the Middle Valley of the Cauca River.

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...culture is goldsmithing, using the tumbaga technique, they made figures and body ornaments.

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the economy of the ...... culture was

based on the cultivation of corn, pumpkin, cassava and

cotton.

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culture is very old, whose materials date from around 600 BC while the oldest dates are from 300 BC.

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They worshiped the stars, they believed that they were male and female, supposing that they had carnal relationships between them.

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