Newsweek article: ‘Secret Meanings of Ancient Amazon Rock Art Revealed’
Secret Meanings of Ancient Amazon Rock Art Revealed - Newsweek This recently published Newsweek article highlights the research being undertaken at...
The Archaeology of Amazonia: A Human History by Professor José Iriarte
This open access book examines the untold human history of the Amazon rainforest, from the arrival of the earliest humans to the present. A spate of...
First Day at the VI EIAA Encuentro Internacional de Arqueología Amazónica
First Day at the...
Ancient human-animal interactions with isotopes – Michael Ziegler
Michael Ziegler is a PhD student studying the rich history of humans and animal interactions in South America during the late Pleistocene –...
Presenting a talk at the Society for American Archaeology – Dr Jo Osborn
In April 2024, I presented a talk at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology titled, “The Missing Mammals of Cerro Azul.” In it,...
Analysing handprints – Dr Barbara Oosterwijk
The main objective of my work as a rock art specialist within the LastJourney project is to map the different rock art typologies present at Cerro...
UK-Colombia partnership inspires inaugural cohort of cultural heritage tourist guides for Amazon archaeological sites
Indigenous communities in Colombia’s world-renowned Amazonia region are celebrating the graduation of a first cohort of students who will help to...
Last Journey Wallpapers
Download Last Journey wallpapers for your phone and computer and have the spectacular rock art of Serranía La Lindosa as the back drop to your day's...
The painted forest: Amazonian cosmovision journeys
II International Symposium on Rock Art and Tropical Forest Archaeology The painted forest: Amazonian cosmovision journeys From August 29th to...
Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms of the Amazon
We had the great pleasure of guiding Ella Al-Shamahi and the WBS film crew through various locations in Amazonia, from helicopter flights to capture...
Exploring the relationship between human groups and their environments during the Late Pleistocene and Middle Holocene in the Middle Cauca and Sabana de Bogotá regions – Juan Miguel Kosztura Nuñez
My doctoral research explores the relationship between human groups and their environments during the Late Pleistocene and Middle Holocene in the...
Cultural Heritage Management Diploma Degree for Local Community Archaeology Tourist Guides
https://www.exeterinnovation.com/insights-impact/keawards24/Cultural Heritage Management Diploma Degree For Local Community Archaeology Tourist Guides, Colombian Amazon. Nominated for the Knowledge...
VI EIAA Encuentro Internacional de Arqueología Amazónica del 16 al 22 de Septiembre 2024
Un espacio de difusión y discusión de los hallazgos arqueológicos más destacados de la región Amazónica. San José del Guaviare, Colombia...
Talk at the Congreso Colombiano de Arqueología – Ana María Aguirre
The Congreso Colombiano de Arqueología took place between May 2nd to 4th in Santa Marta. During this event, Ana María Aguirre presented her updates...
Identifying charred plant remains – Dr J. Julián Garay-Vázquez
The Archaeobotanist J. Julian Garay-Vazquez is currently working on identifying charred plant remains from Limoncillos at the Universidad Nacional...
Archaeological research offers insight into the cave life of early human settlements in the Amazon
Some of the earliest people to migrate to South America during the late Pleistocene era turned shallow caves in the Amazon into homes and safe...
La Selva Pintada – Catch Up
Catch up on the live recordings of the conference sessions on the ICAHN Youtube channel Click the links below to open the videos in a new window Day...
Explore the rock art and landscapes of Serranía de la Lindosa
Check out the teaser video below produced by Search Inc. for upcoming documentation of Last Journey's research in the Serranía de la Lindosa [video...
SD CELAR British Museum website
Our research has been supported by The Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research (SD CELAR) at the British Museum. Check out...
New book about the peopling of the Middle Cauca River by Javier Aceituno
Entre el Río y la Montaña. Nuevos Datos para el Poblamiento Temprano del Cauca Medio Colombiano. Between the river and the mountain is the result of...
‘A World of Knowledge’: Rock Art, Ritual, and Indigenous Belief at Serranía De La Lindosa in the Colombian Amazon
There are tens of thousands of painted rock art motifs in the Serranía de la Lindosa in the Colombian Amazon, including humans, animals,...
Take a rock art journey to learn about the murals on the Colombian cliffs of La Lindosa via Google Arts and Culture
https://artsandculture.google.com/project/la-lindosaIn partnership with Colombia’s Institute of Anthropology and History and the Universidad de Antioquia, take a rock art journey to learn about the...
89th SAA University of Exeter and Australian National University Symposium on Early Peopling Archaeobotany
During the 89th SAA (Society for American Archaeology) held in New Orleans, Dr J. Julian Garay-Vazquez co-organised a symposium alongside Dr S. Anna...
Understanding past movement patterns – Dr João Fonte
Understanding past movement patterns across a landscape is a complex task. Traditionally, this analysis has focused on identifying optimal travel...
In search of Amazon’s ancient hunters
The European Research Council has featured the Last Journey project on their website in an article titled In search of Amazon's ancient hunters -...
Field Discovery Award
Professor José Iriarte has been awarded the 2023 Field Discovery Award by the prestigious Shanghai Archaeology Forum (SAF) from the Institute of...
Report on La Selva Pintada
La Selva Pintada brought together archaeologists, rock art specialists, local communities, tour guides, indigenous communities, resource managers,...
La Selva Pintada
The program is now available for the "Selva Pintada/Painted Forest" symposium. Program in English el Programa Espanol Details from the ICAHN website...
Voices from the Beginning
A global symposium exploring early rock art from around the world. For details of the event see the ICAHN website Rewatch the wonderful range of...
New Nature paper by Jose Iriarte and colleagues
Humans colonising the Bolivian Amazon cultivated crops and created thousand of 'forest islands' starting around 10.6ka Bolivian Amazon as 5th global...
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