Aguazuque

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Aguazuque is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the western part of the municipality Soacha, close to the municipalities Mosquera and San Antonio del Tequendama in Cundinamarca, Colombia. It exists of evidences of human settlement of hunter-gatherers and in the ultimate phase primitive farmers. The site is situated on the Bogotá savanna, the relatively flat highland of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense close to the present-day course of the Bogotá River at an altitude of 2,600 metres above sea level. Aguazuque is just north of another Andean preceramic archaeological site; the rock shelter Tequendama and a few kilometres south of Lake Herrera. The artefacts found mostly belong to the preceramic period, and have been dated to 5025 to 2725 BP. Thus, the younger finds also pertain to the later ceramic Herrera Period. There were some difficulties in dating of the uppermost layer due to modern agricultural activity in the area; the sediments of the shallower parts were disturbed. ()

Coordinates: 4°36'8"N, 74°16'35"W

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CundinamarcaColombia

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Aguazuque – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tequendama Falls, Soacha, Tequendama Falls Museum, Tequendama Falls Museum.

2.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Tequendama Falls, Bogotá
57 min walk • Tequendama Falls, located near the city of Bogotá, Colombia, is a breathtaking natural wonder that has captivated visitors for centuries. This majestic waterfall cascades from the Bogotá River, plunging a dramatic 132 meters (433 feet) into a deep gorge below.
4.1 miE
Area
Soacha, Bogotá
106 min walk • Soacha is an autonomous municipality of the department of Cundinamarca, and part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá. It has an important industrial zone and is home to mostly working-class families.
2 miSW
Museum
Tequendama Falls Museum
51 min walk • The Tequendama Falls Museum of Biodiversity and Culture is a museum and mansion in San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia. The museum overlooks Tequendama Falls on the Bogotá River.
2.3 miSW
Museum
Tequendama Falls Museum
58 min walk • The Tequendama Falls Museum of Biodiversity and Culture is a museum and mansion in San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia. The museum overlooks Tequendama Falls on the Bogotá River.
4.6 miS
Archaeological site
Tequendama
119 min walk • Tequendama is a preceramic and ceramic archaeological site located southeast of Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia, a couple of kilometers east of Tequendama Falls. It consists of multiple evidences of late Pleistocene to middle Holocene population of the Bogotá savanna, the high plateau in the Colombian Andes.
4.9 miE
Neighbourhood
Tibanica
126 min walk • Tibanica is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located on the border of the locality Bosa, Bogotá and Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The wetland on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of about 28.8 hectares. Tibanica is located in the Tunjuelo River basin.
5.3 miW
Town
San Antonio del Tequendama
135 min walk • San Antonio del Tequendama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province part of the department of Cundinamarca.