In the Andorhai Basin of Lake Valencia (Tacaragua), between the states of Carbobo and Aragua, flourished between the 9th and 16th centuries AD one of the most complex and refined pre-Hispanic societies in Venezuela: the Valenciaid culture.
Far from creating isolated tribes of nomadic hunters, this civilization developed a dense network of villages on artificial mounds, agricultural systems of water control, a sophisticated pottery burial tradition, and an unmistakable artistic language, symbolized by the famous "Venus of Matcarigua."