Archaeological sites in Colombia are numerous and diverse, including findings and archaeological excavations that have taken place in the area now covered by the Republic of Colombia. The archaeological finds and features cover all periods since the paleolithic, representing different aspects of the various cultures of ancient precolumbian civilizations, such as the Muisca, Quimbaya and Tairona among many others. Preservation and investigation of these sites are controlled mainly by the Ministry of Culture, the National Institute of Anthropology and History, and the Bank of the Republic. The lack of funding to protect sites and enforce existing laws, results in large scale looting and illegal trading of artifacts.
List of archaeological sites
edit| Age | Period | Site | Image |
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| 10,400 BC | Late Pleistocene-preceramic | El Abra | 
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| 9850 BC | Late Pleistocene-preceramic | Tibitó | |
| 9000 BC - 1537 | Late Pleistocene-preceramic-Herrera-Muisca | Tequendama | |
| 6500-1500 BC | Andean preceramic | Checua | |
| 6000-5000 BC | Neolithic | Monsú and Puerto Hormiga | 
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| 3000-700 BC | Andean preceramic-Herrera | Aguazuque | |
| 2500-1500 BC | Andean preceramic | El Infiernito | 
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| 1600-500 BC | Delayed Cacical | El Morro del Tulcán | 
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| 600 BC - 300 | Formative Sinú Malagana-Sonsoid | Malagana | |
| 800 BC | Early Tairona | Ciudad Perdida | 
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| 200 BC | Classic San Agustin | San Agustín | 
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| 200 BC - 600 | Classic Tierradentro | Tierradentro | 
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