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2 unusual facts about Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff


Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff

Actively involved in archeological excavations in the Caribbean region around Cartagena, on 1954, the Reichel-Dolmatoffs located and excavated, amongst others, the Barlovento site, which was the first early Formative shell-midden site found in Colombia.

Working in the Tolima region inhabited by Amerindians and the renowned indigenous leader Quintin Lame, they also published a study indicating the indigenous culture of the local populations and also indicated the blood type variations among the indigenous groups of the Pijao in the Department of Tolima as further proof of their Amerindian identity as these tribes were arguing over rights to their ancestral territories.



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