 Petroglyph of El Abra | |
  Location within Colombia | |
| Location | Zipaquirá, Tocancipá, Cundinamarca |
|---|---|
| Region | Bogotá savanna Altiplano Cundiboyacense  Colombia |
| Coordinates | 5°01′02.49″N 73°57′04.33″W / 5.0173583°N 73.9512028°W |
| Altitude | 2,570 m (8,432 ft) |
| Type | Rock shelter, petroglyphs |
| Part of | Pre-Muisca sites |
| History | |
| Material | Sandstone |
| Abandoned | Herrera Period |
| Periods | Prehistory-Herrera |
| Cultures | Preceramic hunter-gatherers |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1967 |
| Archaeologists | Correal, Hammen |
| Ownership | Hacienda El Abra, Cesar Orjuela |
| Public access | Partly |
| Designation | Climbing area |
El Abra is the name given to an extensive archeological site, located in the valley of the same name. El Abra is situated in the east of the municipality Zipaquirá extending to the westernmost part of Tocancipá in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The several hundred metres long series of rock shelters is in the north of the Bogotá savanna on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at an altitude of 2,570 metres (8,430 ft). The rock shelter and cave system is one of the first evidences of human settlement in the Americas, dated at 12,400 ± 160 years BP. The site was used by the hunter-gatherers of the Late Pleistocene epoch.