Gonzalo Correal Urrego

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Gonzalo Correal Urrego
Born (1939-10-23) 23 October 1939 (age 85)
Gachalá, Cundinamarca,
 Colombia
NationalityColombian
Alma materInstituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, 1964
Free University of Colombia, 1966
Known forArchaeology, anthropology of indigenous Colombian peoples, palaeontology
AwardsEmeritus Professor at National University of Colombia, 1983
Honorary Professor, 1995
Scientific career
FieldsHistory, archaeology, anthropology
InstitutionsUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Thesis La Leyenda del Dorado Laguna de Guatavita  (1966)
The site of El Abra, dated at 12,400 years BP, one of the oldest human evidences in South America

Gonzalo Correal Urrego (Gachalá, Colombia, 23 October 1939) is a Colombian anthropologist, palaeontologist and archaeologist.[1] He has been contributing to the knowledge of prehistoric Colombia for over forty years and has published in Spanish and English.[2] Correal Urrego is considered one of the most important anthropologists of Colombia.[3] He has collaborated with many other anthropologists and archaeologists, among others Thomas van der Hammen and Ana María Groot.[4]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Curriculum Vitae Gonzalo Correal Urrego Archived 11 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ List of publications by Gonzalo Correal Urrego - WorldCat
  3. ^ (in Spanish) Gonzalo Correal Urrego, one of the most important anthropologists of Colombia - El Tiempo
  4. ^ (in Spanish) Hommage to Thomas van der Hammen, by Gonzalo Correal Urrego