Colombian urban archaeology has been growing since the 1990s, particularly in Caribbean cities such as Cartagena, Barranquilla, and Santa Marta. The investigations generally respond to the need to comply with protection regulations of archaeological heritage in restoration projects of Assets of Cultural Interest (BIC, the Spanish acronym for Bienes de Interés Cultural), located in historic centers or urban infrastructure works. The results have allowed for the reconstruction of various aspects of daily life in these cities since their foundation, but they have also uncovered data on previous occupations of those same spaces during the pre-Hispanic period. There is still a need to consolidate adequate work strategies adjusted to the needs and particularities of these contexts, which increasingly require the execution of this type of archaeology project.

哥伦比亚的城市考古学自 1990 年代以来一直在发展，特别是在卡塔赫纳、巴兰基亚和圣玛尔塔等加勒比城市。调查通常响应在文化利益资产（BIC，西班牙文Bienes de Interés Cultural的首字母缩写）修复项目中遵守考古遗产保护条例的需要)，位于历史中心或城市基础设施工程。研究结果允许重建这些城市自建城以来日常生活的各个方面，但他们也发现了在前西班牙时期这些相同空间的先前职业数据。仍然需要巩固适当的工作策略，以适应这些环境的需求和特殊性，这越来越需要执行此类考古项目。