Chorotega
E664950
The Chorotega were a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of present-day Nicaragua and Costa Rica, known for their advanced agriculture, pottery, and complex chiefdoms.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chorotega people | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican people
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ pre-Columbian people ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Greater Nicoya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artForm |
incised pottery
ⓘ
painted ceramics ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| encounteredBy | Spanish conquistadors ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Costa Rica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadPoliticalStructure | hereditary chiefs ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Central Mexican cultures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greater Nicoya cultural tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advanced agriculture
ⓘ
ceramic production ⓘ complex chiefdoms ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ pottery ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Oto-Manguean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSettlementRegion |
Nicoya Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rivas region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
effigy vessels
ⓘ
griddles for tortillas ⓘ tripod vessels ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Bribri people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicarao NERFINISHED ⓘ Rama people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practiced |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
ritual sacrifice ⓘ |
| presentDayDescendantsIn |
Guanacaste Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicoya Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Pacific Nicaragua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Costa Rica ⓘ |
| religion | polytheism ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
chiefdoms
ⓘ
ranked society ⓘ |
| spokeLanguage |
Chorotega language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mangue language ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Postclassic period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| traded |
cacao
ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ salt ⓘ |
| usedCrop |
beans
ⓘ
cacao ⓘ cotton ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Chorotega people