Eliécer Silva Celis
dr. Eliécer Silva Celis | |
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Born | |
Died | July 4, 2007 Sogamoso, Colombia | (aged 93)
Nationality | Colombian |
Known for | Archaeology, anthropology, mummies, Sun Temple |
Spouse | Lilia Montaña Barrera † |
Children | Miguel, Luis Guillermo, Margarita, Jaime Silva |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeology & anthropology of the Muisca |
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Eliécer Silva Celis (
Eliécer Silva Celis has published many books and articles about the
Biography
Eliécer Silva Celis was born in Tobasía, vereda of Floresta, Boyacá on January 20, 1914. He became an orphan at young age and worked as street vendor and at the construction of the railway of Antioquia.[1]
In 1937, at age 23, Silva Celis managed to finish his secondary education. The same year he entered the Escuela Normal Superior de Colombia in
In 1942 Silva Celis uncovered a
In 1943, Eliécer Silva Celis found five skulls which were later dated to be between 8890 and 8630 years old.[6]
In 1944, Silva Celis studied the famous
The mummy from Sativanorte, named SO10-IX belongs to the collection of Silva Celis in the Archaeology Museum of Sogamoso. It has been studied in detail by various researchers.[8] The mummy has been donated to Silva Celis by Abraham López Ávila in 1962.[8] Interviews with López Ávila revealed that the mummy had been found by children in the vicinity of Sativanorte, Sativasur and Socotá on the western bank of the Chicamocha River.[9]
Silva Celis was co-founder of the UPTC in Tunja, Boyacá in 1953.[1] He served as rector of the university twice.[3] In 1966, Silva Celis studied Muisca stones found in Mongua, Boyacá.[10] Silva Celis has written more than 400 articles.[11]
Eliécer Silva Celis died on July 4, 2007, at an age of 93 years, after dedicating more than 60 years of his life to knowledge about the Muisca and other indigenous groups in Colombia.[1][3]
Works
This list is a selection.[4]
Books
- 2006 – Estudios sobre la cultura chibcha
- 1979 – Proyecto del parque arqueológico y botánico en villa de Leyva: sitio "El Infiernito"
- 1968 – Arqueología y prehistoria de Colombia; [Bochica o Nemqueteba]
- 1967 – Antiguedad de la civilizacin̤ Chibcha
- 1966 – Las estatuas de la Salina de Mongua
- 1945 – Contribucion al conocimiento de la civilización de los Lache
Articles
- 1965 – Una inspeccion arqueologica por el alto Rio Minero
- 1965 – Antigüedad y relaciones de la civilización Chibcha
- 1963 – Los petroglifos de "El Encanto" – Florencia, Caquetá
- 1963 – Movimiento de la civilización agustiniana sobre el alto Amazonas
- 1962 – Pinturas rupestres precolombinas de Sáchica, Valle de Leiva
- 1951 – Investigación de antropología social en Tota, Boyacá
- 1947 – Sobre arqueología y antropología Chibcha
- 1946 – Cráneos de Chiscas
Trivia
- Honouring Silva Celis, the Archaeology Museum, Sogamoso, administered by his anthropologist daughter, has been renamed after him[2][12]
See also
- List of Muisca scholars
- Muisca art
- Muisca
- Muisca mummification, Sun Temple
- El Infiernito, Archaeology Museum Silva Celis, Sáchica
References
- ^ a b c d e f g (in Spanish) Biography Eliécer Silva Celis – Pueblos Originarios
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Eliécer Silva Celis es el nuevo nombre del museo Arqueológico Suamox, de Sogamoso – El Tiempo
- ^ a b c d e (in Spanish) Falleció Eliécer Silva Celis, pionero de la antropología en Colombia y fundador del Museo de Suamox – El Tiempo
- ^ a b List of works by Eliécer Silva Celis – WorldCat
- ^ Rodríguez Cuenca, 2007, p.115
- ^ (in Spanish) Tras las huellas del boyacense más antiguo
- ^ Rodríguez Cuenca, 2007, p.117
- ^ a b Otálora Cascante, 2006, p.5
- ^ Martínez et al., 2010, p.115
- ^ (in Spanish) Estatua Antropomorfa Original #S 027- XVII – Mongua
- ^ Ardila & Correal, 2010, p.11
- ^ (in Spanish) UPTC rindió homenaje a Eliecer Silva Celis, en Sogamoso
Notable works by Silva Celis
- Silva Celis, Eliécer. 1963. Los petroglifos de "El Encanto" – Florencia, Caquetá – The petroglyphs of "El Encanto" – Florencia, Caquetá. Revista Colombiana de Antropología XII. 10–87. Accessed 2016-07-08.
- Silva Celis, Eliécer. 1963. Movimiento de la civilización agustiniana sobre el alto Amazonas – Movement of the Augustinian civilization around the High Amazone. Revista Colombiana de Antropología XII. 390–400. Accessed 2016-07-08.
- Silva Celis, Eliécer. 1962. Pinturas rupestres precolombinas de Sáchica, Valle de Leiva – Pre-Columbian rock art of Sáchica, Leyva Valley. Revista Colombiana de Antropología X. 9–36. Accessed 2016-07-08.
Bibliography
- Ardila Silva, Ximena, and Ximena Correal Cabezas. 2010. El patrimonio cultural nos incluye a todos. Fundación Eliécer Silva Celis: una organización inteligente – The cultural heritage includes us all. Foundation Eliécer Silva Celis: an intelligent organisation, 1–97. Universidad del Rosario. Accessed 2016-07-08.
- Martínez Martín, Abel Fernando; Bernardo Francisco Meléndez, and Fred Gustavo Manrique. 2010. Bio-anthropology and paleopathology of the SO10-IX Muisca mummy from Sátivanorte, Boyacá, Colombia. Colombia Médica 41(2). 112–120. .
- Otálora Cascante, Andrés Ricardo. 2006. Caracterización bioantropológica de una momia muisca: implicaciones metodológicas desde la antropología biológica – Bioanthropologist's characterization of a Muisca mummy: methodologist's implications from the biologist anthropology. Revista Salud, Historia y Sanidad 1(1). 4–9. .
- Rodríguez Cuenca, José Vicente. 2007. Profesor Eliécer Silva Celis (1914–2007): un Sugamuxi dedicado a la causa muisca – Professor Eliécer Silva Celis (1914–2007): a Sugamuxi devoted to the muisca cause. Maguaré 21. 111–127. .
External links
- (in Spanish) Interview with Eliécer Silva Celis
- (in Spanish) Video about the Sun Temple in Sogamoso