object of prestige, as it was mainly used for religious offering purposes. Instead, all Muisca families decorated their doors and windows with gold objects.

Muisca goldworking

Gold was used in Central America by the first centuries AD and was spiritually and symbolically important to Pre-Columbian peoples. The countries of the Isthmus--Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia--emerged as a single goldworking region that shared

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