PUEBLOESCUTOR.ORG
Stone Library

Many hundreds of stone statues were found in the subterranean centers of the Pueblo Escultor, in many different sites in the valley of San Agustín and in other archaeological nuclei dispersed throughout the Macizo Colombiano. The two lists shown here present the sites where statues were found, first in San Agustín’s valley, and second, in the other statue-zones in the Macizo. A click on a chosen site will open the illustrations of the statues, shown one by one, that were discovered in that site, each accompanied by an information card with details of that piece, including suggestions of comparable statues.

The interested observer is also invited to click on the three maps to visualize:

1) The statue-zones in the Macizo Colombiano

2) The distribution of statue-sites in the valley of San Agustín

3) Map of the Archaeological Park

The authors of this virtual page are David Dellenback and Martha Gil; we live on a farm in the archaeological zone of San Agustín, Huila, in southern Colombia. If you are interested in communicating with us, please write us at: contacto@puebloescultor.org

David Dellenback

Writer and Illustrator

David Dellenback was born in Oregon, in Northamerica; he has lived in San Agustín since the 1970´s. His studies have taken their own paths. While he found his way into the geography, history, sociology, etc. of the area, he began to register the statuary found in the area, with drawings accompanied by a registry of descriptions, measurements, historical whereabouts and so on. His studies of the Pueblo Escultor have been augmented by travels throughout America in search of sites of ancient stone sculpture, and by readings from the archaeological bibliography of America and the Macizo Colombiano.

Martha Gil

Translator and Tourist Guide

Martha Gil was born in Bogotá, Colombia; she has lived in San Agustín for years. She is an ex-lawyer, and is an educator and tourist guide. She is the translator and distributor of the works published by the couple, and is a partner in the investigation of the Pueblo Escultor. On a local level, together with her husband she has taken an active part in the diffusion, education and social appropriation of San Agustín's natural and cultural heritage.