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Archaeologists excavate giant stone spheres in Costa Rica
Heritage Daily ^
| unattributed
Posted on 04/09/2022 10:06:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Stone spheres are found on the small island of Isla del Caño and the Diquís Delta, where over 300 stone Petrospheres have been previously identified from the Diquís culture.
The Diquís culture emerged in the Valley of the Rio Grande de Térraba, where they established complex social, economic, and political systems to govern their society.
During the Chiriquí Period between AD 800 – 1500, many settlements grew into large communities around the alluvial lands of the Térraba River and its main tributaries, constructing large structures using round-edged boulders, paved areas, burial sites, and circular or rectangular mounds with stone walls.
The Diquís reached an apex of cultural development during this period, with Diquís artisans creating elaborate ceramic, bone, and gold objects, and sculpturing stone spheres in important zones within the settlements. Stone spheres were also placed in alignments in public plazas, or along the approach to the dwellings of the ruling elite or chieftains.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: costarica; diquis; diquisculture; diquisdelta; godsgravesglyphs; petrospheres; precolumbian
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04/09/2022 10:06:56 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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04/09/2022 10:07:18 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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04/09/2022 10:08:30 AM PDT
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SubMareener
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To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Must have been some BIG people to play Bocce Ball with those balls!
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posted on
04/09/2022 10:11:53 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“I identify as” is another way of saying “I pretend to be”)
To: SunkenCiv
I want one for my rock garden.
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posted on
04/09/2022 10:15:45 AM PDT
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PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/09/2022 10:19:54 AM PDT
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bhl
To: bhl
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posted on
04/09/2022 10:20:45 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Seems I saw that in Raiders of the Lost Ark
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04/09/2022 10:21:56 AM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Let's go Brandon)
To: PLMerite
Why don’t you go culturally appropriate one then? LOL
To: SunkenCiv
Obviously, a government funded program.
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posted on
04/09/2022 10:23:47 AM PDT
by
StAntKnee
(Add your own danged sarc tag)
To: doorgunner69
‘cept it was rolling right at us!
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posted on
04/09/2022 10:24:03 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: StAntKnee
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posted on
04/09/2022 10:24:40 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Ya think those are big, they haven’t found the johnson yet.
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posted on
04/09/2022 10:25:13 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SubMareener
If it were, it would be pretty impressive, because the pourers wouldn’t have gravity going for them, as did Giza’s pyramid builders.
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04/09/2022 10:26:40 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Vermont Lt
There’s only three of ‘em, but the buyer wanted the largest pawnbroker sign in the world, so, that’s what he got.
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04/09/2022 10:27:29 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wait...Let me get this straight...
The Diquís had big balls....
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04/09/2022 10:38:26 AM PDT
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: StAntKnee
“Obviously, a government funded program.”
Chisel ready jobs.
To: StAntKnee
No doubt. And still going strong!
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04/09/2022 10:40:40 AM PDT
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jmacusa
(America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
To: SunkenCiv
I heard The Rolling Stones are suing.
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