El Infiernito
El Infiernito (Spanish for "The Little Hell"), is a pre-Columbian archaeoastronomical site located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the outskirts of Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia. It is composed of several earthworks surrounding a setting of menhirs (upright standing stones); several burial mounds are also present. The site was a center of religious ceremonies and spiritual purification rites, and also served as a rudimentary astronomical observatory.
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El Infiernito
El Infiernito (Spanish for "The Little Hell"), is a pre-Columbian archaeoastronomical site located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the outskirts of Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia. It is composed of several earthworks surrounding a setting of menhirs (upright standing stones); several burial mounds are also present. The site was a center of religious ceremonies and spiritual purification rites, and also served as a rudimentary astronomical observatory.
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El Infiernito (Spanish for "Th ...... tary astronomical observatory.
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El parque Arqueológico de Monq ...... rtamento de Boyacá (Colombia).
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Il template {{Coord}} ha risco ...... come osservatorio astronomico.
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Археологический парк Монкира, ...... зимние и летние солнцестояния.
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Eliécer Silva Celis, Carl Henrik Langebaek et al.
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El Infiernito ; ancient astronomical site
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Herrera-Muisca
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pre-Herrera Period-Late Muisca
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Map showing location in Colombia
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Altiplano Cundiboyacense,
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El Infiernito (Spanish for "Th ...... tary astronomical observatory.
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El parque Arqueológico de Monq ...... rtamento de Boyacá (Colombia).
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Il template {{Coord}} ha risco ...... come osservatorio astronomico.
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Археологический парк Монкира, ...... департаменте Бояка (Колумбия).
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El Infiernito
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El Infiernito
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Parque Arqueológico de Monquirá
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Археологический парк Монкира
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