One of ancient Colombia's most remarkable cultures, San Agustín is famed for hundreds of large monolithic stone sculptures guarding funerary mounds in the Huila department, with origins stretching to at least 3300 BCE and flourishing through 900 CE.
The San Agustin culture of highland Colombia collapsed around 900–1000 CE as new Amazonian peoples migrated into the Huila region bringing different agricultural and ceramic traditions, ending the monumental funerary-sculpture tradition shortly before the Spanish conquest.
Foundational study of the San Agustín culture and its archaeological park by a leading Colombian archaeologist; covers the monumental statuary and funerary mound traditions.
Places San Agustín within the broader context of northern Andean prehistory.