Chibchan cultural area

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The Chibchan cultural area is a pre-Columbian cultural and linguistic region of lower Central America and northern South America, home to various indigenous groups who speak Chibchan languages and share related traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural area
pre-Columbian cultural region
associatedWith Chibchan peoples NERFINISHED
associatedWithLanguageFamily Chibchan languages NERFINISHED
borderedBy Andean cultural area
Mesoamerican cultural area NERFINISHED
characterizedBy ceramic traditions
complex chiefdoms
goldworking
maize agriculture
regional trade networks
root crop cultivation
hasArchaeologicalEvidence burial mounds
chiefdom centers
gold artifacts
hasLinguisticCore Chibchan language family NERFINISHED
hasPart Colombia (northern regions) NERFINISHED
Costa Rica NERFINISHED
Nicaragua (southern regions) NERFINISHED
Panama NERFINISHED
Venezuela (western regions) NERFINISHED
includesCulturalTradition ancestor veneration
household-based agriculture
ritual use of gold ornaments
shamanism
inhabitedBy Arhuaco people NERFINISHED
Bribri people NERFINISHED
Buglé people NERFINISHED
Cabécar people NERFINISHED
Damana people NERFINISHED
Guaymí people NERFINISHED
Kogi people NERFINISHED
Kuna people NERFINISHED
Muisca people NERFINISHED
Ngäbe people NERFINISHED
Wiwa people NERFINISHED
knownFor diverse ecological zones
intermediate cultural traits between Mesoamerica and Andes
linguistic diversity within Chibchan family
locatedIn Lower Central America NERFINISHED
Northern South America NERFINISHED
precedes Spanish colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED
sharesFeatureWith Andean cultural area NERFINISHED
Mesoamerican cultural area NERFINISHED
timePeriod Classic period (in parts)
Formative period (in parts)
Postclassic period (in parts)
pre-Columbian era

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Bribri partOf Chibchan cultural area