Diquis
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Stone sphere made by the Diquis culture.
A Diquis human effigy pendant.
Diquis stone owl
The Diquis culture (sometimes spelled Diquís) was a pre-Columbian indigenous culture of Costa Rica that flourished from AD 700 to 1530.[1] The word "diquís" means "great waters" or "great river" in the Boruca language.[1] The Diquis formed part of the Greater Chiriqui culture that spanned from southern Costa Rica to western Panama.[2]
The Diquis are known for stone spheres, sometimes referred to as the Diquís Spheres, an assortment of over three hundred petrospheres in Costa Rica, located on the Diquis Delta and on Isla del Caño.[3] Sites where the stone spheres were found also contain artificial mounds, paved areas, and burial sites.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Diquís". Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ Drolet, Robert P. (1992). "The House and the Territory: The Organizational Structure for Chiefdom Art in the Diquis Subregion of Greater Chiriqui". In Lange, Frederick W. (ed.). Wealth and Hierarchy in the Intermediate Area: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 10th and 11th October 1987. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. pp. 207–241. ISBN 0884021912.
- ^ Tim McGuinness. "Costa Rican Diquis Spheres: Sphere history". mysteryspheres.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís". Retrieved 9 July 2022.
External links
Media related to Diquis at Wikimedia Commons
- The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (available online as PDF), which contains material on Diquis culture
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