Bolivian Chiquitania: The first archaeologist at technical level, graduate!

El Dia reports: Chiquitania The first technical archaeologists graduated The Chiquitania already has its first professional archaeologists at the technical level, who were trained in the school, thanks to the Ministry of Education, supported by six municipalities of the Chiquitania and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation of the Embassy of Spain (AECID). The…

Bolivia Archaeology 101: Qillqantiji featuring over 220 cave paintings

Gabriel Diez Lacunza reports for Pagina Siete: EXPERT FINISH RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION WORK Qillqantiji featuring over 220 cave paintings Archaeology The site, located in the town of Peñas, has paintings from the formative, pre-Tiwanaku period, to colonial. Over 220 cave paintings of flames, masks, two-headed birds and human figures, created between the formative period before…

More valuable archaeological findings, this time in Cochabamba!

Karen Carrillo reports for Los Tiempos: COCHABAMBA, A RICH AND INEXHAUSTIBLE SPACE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE FOR BOLIVIA More valuable archaeological findings The Department of Cochabamba is surprising more and more by the rich archaeological heritage that was discovered. This time it’s several gold-plated blades that account for cultures that inhabited from 1500 B.C. in the…