Isthmo-Colombian societies

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Isthmo-Colombian societies were pre-Columbian Indigenous cultures that inhabited the Isthmus of Panama and adjacent regions of Costa Rica and Colombia, known for their distinctive goldwork, ceramics, and complex social and ritual traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture area
pre-Columbian Indigenous cultures
chronology approximately 2000 BCE to early colonial period
cultivated beans
cacao
maize
manioc
squash
engagedIn agriculture
fishing
hunting and gathering
long-distance trade
hasArchaeologicalCulture Central Caribbean Costa Rica culture NERFINISHED
Diquís NERFINISHED
Gran Chiriquí NERFINISHED
Gran Coclé NERFINISHED
Veraguas culture NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice ancestor veneration
body ornamentation
elaborate burial rites
ritual feasting
ritual warfare
shamanism
hasSocialStructure chiefdoms
ranked lineages
regional polities
influencedBy Andean cultures NERFINISHED
Mesoamerican cultures NERFINISHED
knownFor anthropomorphic figurines
ceramics
complex social traditions
goldwork
metalworking
polychrome pottery
ritual practices
zoomorphic figurines
locatedIn Isthmus of Panama NERFINISHED
present-day Colombia
present-day Costa Rica
partOf Intermediate Area NERFINISHED
producedArtifactType ceramic vessels
ear spools
stone spheres
producedArtifactType gold pendants
nose ornaments
pectorals
regionType cultural transition zone between Mesoamerica and Andes
timePeriod pre-Columbian era
usedMaterial clay
copper alloys
gold
jade-like greenstones
shell
stone
tumbaga

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