by Richard Quinn | May 24, 2021 | Archaeology
Through the course of this series I’ve been referring to the Tumaco Culture as if it was a single, clearly defined native population, but that isn’t exactly the case. The area inland from the Pacific coast, north and south of Colombia’s present day...
by Richard Quinn | May 8, 2021 | Archaeology, Historic Photos, South America
When I was living in Colombia, in the early 1970’s, pre-Columbian artifacts were a commodity, a form of luxury goods for the amusement of wealthy travelers. The best hotels had jewelry stores right off their lobbies, featuring spectacular Colombian emeralds set in...
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