Geo magazine has recently featured an article on the rock art of Cerro Azul: 'On Colombia's table mountains, researchers come across monumental rock...

In a recent article in The Conversation, 'Why I'm Training Colombian Amazonians to Become Archaeology Tourist Guides', Prof José Iriarte explains...

ATR-FTIR applied to worn iron oxides in Colombian Amazonia: an approximation to the mineralogical composition on the raw materials of the Cerro...

Last December, Ana María Aguirre Ocampo, one of the doctoral students of the project, defended her thesis "Tecnología lítica y aprovechamiento de...

Secret Meanings of Ancient Amazon Rock Art Revealed - Newsweek This recently published Newsweek article highlights the research being undertaken at...

My doctoral research explores the relationship between human groups and their environments during the Late Pleistocene and Middle Holocene in the...

There are tens of thousands of painted rock art motifs in the Serranía de la Lindosa in the Colombian Amazon, including humans, animals,...

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...

Un espacio de difusión y discusión de los hallazgos arqueológicos más destacados de la región Amazónica. San José del Guaviare, Colombia...

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...

Michael Ziegler is a PhD student studying the rich history of humans and animal interactions in South America during the late Pleistocene –...

The Congreso Colombiano de Arqueología took place between May 2nd to 4th in Santa Marta. During this event, Ana María Aguirre presented her updates...

Understanding past movement patterns across a landscape is a complex task. Traditionally, this analysis has focused on identifying optimal travel...

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,...

The Archaeobotanist J. Julian Garay-Vazquez is currently working on identifying charred plant remains from Limoncillos at the Universidad Nacional...

The European Research Council has featured the Last Journey project on their website in an article titled In search of Amazon's ancient hunters -...

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...

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...

Professor José Iriarte has been awarded the 2023 Field Discovery Award by the prestigious Shanghai Archaeology Forum (SAF) from the Institute of...

Indigenous communities in Colombia’s world-renowned Amazonia region are celebrating the graduation of a first cohort of students who will help to...

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...

La Selva Pintada brought together archaeologists, rock art specialists, local communities, tour guides, indigenous communities, resource managers,...

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...

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...

The program is now available for the "Selva Pintada/Painted Forest" symposium. Program in English el Programa Espanol Details from the ICAHN website...

II International Symposium on Rock Art and Tropical Forest Archaeology The painted forest: Amazonian cosmovision journeys From August 29th to...

Our research has been supported by The Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research (SD CELAR) at the British Museum. Check out...