Riding horses with guide Lucas on trails of San Agustin Archaeological Site

With friends from Ireland: Ruth, Fiona and Jackie	Riding down road from San Agustin	El Tablon site	Colossal female figure with nosering
Female figure with curved figures	Picture with our horses	Waterfall in Magdalene River Valley	Main La Chaquira face at La Chaquira, once called "Alto del Tablon"
Susie is enjoying the horse ride down the muddy trail	Scenic picture of the surroundings where we rode the horses	Eagle grasping serpent in beak and talons at La Pelota	Human figure with skirt and fangs
Lucas explains statues at La Pelota	Painted statue with broken head, and child through arm at El Purutal	Painted statue grasping child in hands at El Purutal	Protective covering at El Purutal

Tour with guide "Jerry" Luis Salazar - Expert on San Agustin Archaeological Site

Me and Luis Salazar	Sign at San Agustin	Close-up of trails and sites	Close-up of Mesitas (mounds)
Original path stones	Double serpent at entrance to Mesitas	Sign: Mesita (mound) A	Great figure with stepped loincloth (male)
View of uncovered tombs at Mesita A	Group of Guardian statues at Mesita A	(L & R) Guardian with serpent, spiral doble (C) Great Coquero with coca implements and plumed headdress	Figure with crossed arms; Heart & Solar Plexus
(L & R) Guardian with blank column doble, shield & headband (C) Great figure with necklace and loincloth	Path to Mesita (mound) C	Sign: Mesita C	Figure with curved figures
Plumed figure with right arm missing	Great figure with 'rainbow' above head	Two-bodied Simian	Carved figure at stream-bed Fuente de Lavaplatas
Covered stream-bed area at Fuente de Lavaplatas	Sign: Fuente de Lavaplatas	Carvings in rock	faces in stream-bed
Sign: Alto de Lavapatas	Stone statues on hill-top	Monolithic head	Masked doble of Lavapatas
(L)Doble with seven-layered headpiece (R) Guardian with Palo	Male statue	Doble Yo (Double I) of Lavapatas	Mesita B: (L&R)Segmented Double Creature (C) Round-faced figure with child with 'cuernos'(horns)
Great Triangle Head	(L&R) Guardian - doble with Palo in hands (C) Great figure with skull-pendant necklace	Eagle grasphing serpent in beak and talons	Great Reflection Figure, El Obispo (bishop), popular local name
View of Mesita B	Luis Salazar and Susie	Eliecer's statue	Feline-shaped face
Forest of Statues: Figure with Two staffs in hands /Analog: Chavin Staff-god; Tiwanaku Sun-gate	Back side of Staff-god Heart with chambers	Figure whose segmented tongue becomes a creature	Coquero with huge cheeks
Bird with folded wings	Figure with three indentations in head (male) analog: death posture	Figure with bag or gourd in hands	Fanged figure with broken mouth
Figure holding a serpent	Surreal face with curves and squares	Figure with tiered hat, and half-moon face below hands	Monkey Coquero
Great figure with 'rainbow' above head	Feline atop woman	Fanged Postmen, right hand grasping left elbow	Woman playing flute that is her nose
Slab with face-and-arms in relief/Analog: death posture	Relief figure with child with 'cuernos' (horns)	Three-faced face with spiral eyes

[Note: most of the captions (titles of statues) are from San Agustin Statues, by David Dellenback]

Mysteries of San Agustin, Colombia
includes documentary video of guide Luis "polyglot" Salazar

Profile of Luis Salazar, guide in San Agustin archaeological site