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LAGUNA GUATAVITA: NOT METEORITIC, PROBABLE SALT COLLAPSE CRATER

Meteoritics, 1972
Laguna Guatavita (Colombia), a crater 700 m across and 125 m deep containing a central lake, appears not to be a meteorite crater as widely supposed. The tectonic style is not that of an impact site and there is no raised rim or ejected debris. We could find no impactite, shock metamorphic effects or shock fractures (shatter cones). Most likely it is a
Robert S Dietz
exaly   +2 more sources

El Dorado Offerings in Lake Guatavita: A Muisca Ritual Archaeological Site

Latin American Antiquity, 2023
AbstractArchaeological and ethnohistorical investigations in the south of the Colombian Plateau, in the Eastern Highlands, suggest that before European contact Guatavita was an important Muisca chiefdom—largely because of the prestige conferred by the presence of ceremonial centers in their territories, especially around the lakes in the hills ...
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THE AMBER OF EL DORADO: CLASS IB ARCHAEOLOGICAL AMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH LAGUNA GUATAVITA*

Archaeometry, 2006
Laguna Guatavita, a crater‐like lake located in central Colombia, was used by pre‐Columbian Muisca people for a variety of socio‐religious ceremonies, many of which involved casting offerings into the lake. Of these, the installation of a new ‘king’ became the basis of the El Dorado myth that was carried back to Europe by 16th century conquistadores ...
K. B. ANDERSON, W. BRAY
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Vue du Lac de Guatavita

Text unterhalb der Zeichnung: "Le Lac est situé au N. de la Ville de Santa-Fé de Bogota à la hauteur absolue de plus de 1400 Toises Sur le dos des Montagnes de Zipaquira d[ans] un lieu sauvage. On avoit tenté, peu temps après la conquete de faire une coupure pour dessecher le Lac, ou il devoit avoir des tresors caches"
Escher von der Linth, Hans Konrad   +1 more
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