The first settlers arrived boyacense
territory about 12,000 years ago. 10 By 500 a. C. the
people Muisca occupies the region, which in its manifestations of
social, cultural and productive was the most developed in the country. At
the time of the arrival of the Spanish, the Muisca territory was organized into
three chiefdoms: Hunza , under the command ofzaque , Tundama and
Sugamuxi. He was one of the people who reached the highest cultural
development in northern South America, 11 were primarily involved in
agriculture, textiles and
