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muisca (noun) - A pre-Columbian civilization that once inhabited the central highlands of Colombia, known for their advanced metalworking and goldsmithing techniques
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- A member of the Chibcha-speaking people who formed the Muiscan Confederation of the central highlands of present-day Colombia's Eastern Range.
- The Chibcha language.
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Muisca priests were educated from childhood and led the main religious ceremonies.
This was atypical for the Muisca houses.
Atelopus muisca is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.
Engativá was a village in the confederation of the Muisca.
Other structures of the Muisca were mostly religious in character.
Bachué was the mother of the Muisca people.
The Muisca were conquered and the lake was dredged.
The main skill of the Muisca was their goldworking.
This article describes the architecture of the Muisca.
The lineage of heritage in the Muisca society was maternal.
This article describes the economy of the Muisca.
Some of the Muisca mummies were directed towards the south.
This article describes the practice of mummification by the Muisca.
Most famous were the Muisca for their goldworking.
The Muisca practiced different rituals related to their religion.
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They were among the tribes most feared by the Muisca.
Another link to the Muisca seems to be the similarity in goldwork.
Bochica listened to the complaints of the Muisca about floods.
The Muisca were the main indigenous civilization in what is now modern.
This process was the exclusive task of the Muisca women.
The indigenous Muisca used to live here before the spanish conquest.
It was the most important temple in the religion of the Muisca.
The priests and nobility of the Muisca were eliminated.
The altiplano corresponds to the ancient territory of the Muisca.
The Muisca used little furniture as they would typically sit on the floor.
This was a blow to the culture and economy of the Muisca.
The Muisca language has been considered extinct since the late eighteenth century.
Pacho was already an agricultural area in the times of the Muisca.
The contributions of the Muisca culture to the national Colombian identity have been many.
Subsistence economy and chiefdom emergence in the Muisca area.
In the village center a statue honouring the Muisca sports god Chaquén still remembers this.
This article describes the role of women in the society of the Muisca.
The Muisca took trophy heads from their defeated enemies and they sometimes sacrificed captives.
Only from verbal tradition we know the Muisca performed them.
The Muisca language is officially extinct.
It was one of the most important temples in the religion of the Muisca.
This southern polity included the majority of the Muisca population and held greater economic power.
It is a mountain of beauty and challenges and the story of the Muisca people.
The Muisca had two rulers.
Meicuchuca allegedly fell in love with a woman outside of the Muisca community.
The Muisca capital was a prosperous town called Muequetá.
Their activities include transcribing primary source materials in Muisca and uploading to a wiki.
The Muisca people was very religious.
His reign was cruel and under his tyranny the Muisca feared him.
The Muisca calendar was a lunisolar calendar used by the Muisca.
The priests were trained from childhood to become the religious leaders of the Muisca.
His zaque counterpart ruling over the northern area of the Muisca territory was Quemuenchatocha.
The Muisca Confederation existed as the union of two lesser confederations.
But the answer was very telling in some key aspects of the Muisca beliefs.
Supreme being of the Muisca was Chiminigagua who created light and the Earth.
