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“De vuelta a casa, no al hogar”: devolución de una parte de la colección arqueológica de Minor Keith
“De vuelta a casa, no al hogar”: devolución de una parte de la colección arqueológica de Minor Keith
(2012-09-21)
This review aims to educate the reader about the significance of the return of a part of "Keith collection" to Costa Rica. In this case reference is made to about 5000 artifacts Brooklyn Museum acquired in 1930s. The total ...
Elementos para el estudio de una migración antigua: el caso de los Chorotega-Mangue
(2012-09-21)
Here we conduct a conceptual exercise, using already documented cases from Northwestern Costa Rica and Pacific Nicaragua, to present an interpretative model of how the migration process of the Chorotega-Mangue could have ...
Mesoamericanos en la Bahía de Culebra, noroeste de Costa Rica
Mesoamericanos en la Bahía de Culebra, noroeste de Costa Rica
(2012-09-21)
Archaeological research carried out at the Jícaro site located in NW Costa Rica by a population whose sociocultural practices and physical characteristics ties it to the Mesoamerican migrants mentioned in the XVI century. ...
Mesoamericanos en la Bahía de Culebra, noroeste de Costa Rica
(2012-09-21)
Investigaciones arqueológicas en el sitio Jícaro, noroeste de Costa Rica, permiten reconocer una comunidad donde viven individuos con características físicas y costumbres que los relacionan con los inmigrantes mesoamericanos ...
La diáspora akán: los cuentos de Anancy en Limón y el Caribe colombiano insular
La diáspora akán: los cuentos de Anancy en Limón y el Caribe colombiano insular
(2012-09-21)
This article deals with a review about the akan diasporization in Jamaica, the Colombian archipelago of San Andrew, Old Providence and Saint Catherine, and the Costa Rican Province of Limon. The point of departure is ...
Dejé el chianti por el yajé Notas etnográficas sobre una hibridación indígeno-metropolitana
Dejé el chianti por el yajé Notas etnográficas sobre una hibridación indígeno-metropolitana
(2012-09-21)
This essay will expose, by the ethnographic experience of the author, an original vision of an emergent social phenomenon: the syncretism in rituals based on the consumption of the entheogen Banisteripsis caapi in a context ...
La rebelión de los indígenas bajo la dirección de Pablo Presbere (Talamanca 1709-1710)
La rebelión de los indígenas bajo la dirección de Pablo Presbere (Talamanca 1709-1710)
(2012-09-21)
This article analyzes the indigenous rebellion in Talamanca under the leadership of Pablo Prebere and Pedro Comesala in September of 1709. This uprising is analyzed in the historical context of the region prior to the ...
Los nicaraos, los indios votos y los huetares en escenarios conflictivos en el siglo XVI
Los nicaraos, los indios votos y los huetares en escenarios conflictivos en el siglo XVI
(2012-09-21)
The Nicaraos were commerce-oriented people who came into southern Central America around 1200 a.D. They represented a threat to the inhabitants of the areas they settled upon, as a menace to territories or other resources. ...
Conservación de la diversidad bio-cultural en Costa Rica: comunidades indígenas y el ambiente
Conservación de la diversidad bio-cultural en Costa Rica: comunidades indígenas y el ambiente
(2012-09-21)
Biodiversity hotspots are frequently inhabited by indigenous populations who have conserved unique ecoystems. This article reviews theoretical and empirical studies in Biocultural Diversity with an emphasis on the indigenous ...
El camino precolombino del Sitio Arqueológico Alto del Cardal C-304 AC
El camino precolombino del Sitio Arqueológico Alto del Cardal C-304 AC
(2012-09-21)
The archaeological site Alto del Cardal C-304 AC has a road that was used in ancient times to access to the Caribbean in less time according to accounts of previous investigators who visited the area and residents. ...