Isthmian Worlds: Communities, Landscapes, and Connections in Costa Rica and Panama
Costa Rican Caribbean contexts (orientation only) · Perfil con revisión de fuentes

Las Mercedes-1: Caribbean built landscapes

Reviewed community and place names are preserved where supported; no otherwise unknown ancient self-designation is invented.

The excavation study uses dates and architectural relations to examine when major works were made. The later synthesis separates a long settlement record from the better-dated monumental phase.

Settlement architecture and political-scale context Earlier occupations and major built phases around 1000–1200 CE; later use separately considered Radiocarbon determinations, built features, surveys and collection history Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica (orientation only): approximate public-town or distant institutional orientation, not an excavation, burial, sacred-site, cave-entrance, private compound or vulnerable-deposit location; never a territorial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, political, religious, sovereignty, fishing, water-rights or route boundary. The orientation may be far from the archaeological context. No access, collecting or travel permission is implied.
Resumo

Ferramentas, práticas alimentares, casas e paisagens construídas

Conexões de terras altas, fluviais, insulares, do Pacífico e do Caribe

Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica is a modern orientation, not an ancient capital or boundary. Architectural differences support models of local hierarchy, not one homogeneous Caribbean nation.

Organização política e escala comunitária

Architectural differences support models of local hierarchy, not one homogeneous Caribbean nation. Las Mercedes-1 is the Costa Rican site, not an Argentine archaeological classification; roads and leadership models do not establish fixed sovereignty.

Transformação imperial e colonial, património vivo e recepção moderna

Living communities and heritage institutions retain their own authority; this atlas cannot establish identity, ancestry, descent, recognition or membership. Archaeological names do not identify every ancient speaker; living Bribri, Cabécar, Boruca, Brörán, Ngäbe, Buglé, Guna and other peoples retain their own language and institutional authority. Events after 1600 CE and modern research, conservation and stewardship are dated separately from the main historical context.

Built phases The excavation study uses dates and architectural relations to examine when major works were made.

Brief DNAGENICS AI-assisted paraphrase of registered evidence, not author or community endorsement. Retain chronological, sampling and interpretive limits.

Source review: 2026-10-20 [S1]
Changing uses The later synthesis separates a long settlement record from the better-dated monumental phase.

Brief DNAGENICS AI-assisted paraphrase of registered evidence, not author or community endorsement. Retain chronological, sampling and interpretive limits.

Source review: 2026-10-20 [S2]
Landscape comparison The regional account compares paths, streams and neighboring settlements rather than one isolated center.

Brief DNAGENICS AI-assisted paraphrase of registered evidence, not author or community endorsement. Retain chronological, sampling and interpretive limits.

Source review: 2026-10-20 [S3]
Sequência histórica

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Estes marcos servem de orientação e não constituem uma história completa.

  1. Before monumental construction

    Earlier material does not date all visible architecture.

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  2. Major building works

    The interpretation concerns sampled structures rather than every regional settlement.

    [S2]

  3. Uses change

    Reuse complicates a single-purpose reading of the complex.

    [S2]

  4. Architectural studies

    Excavations and regional syntheses revisited chronological and political models.

    [S1]
Cultura e língua

Práticas alimentares, água, artesanato, trabalho doméstico e poder

Línguas mencionadas neste perfil

  • Archaeological names do not identify every ancient speaker; living Bribri, Cabécar, Boruca, Brörán, Ngäbe, Buglé, Guna and other peoples retain their own language and institutional authority.

Família linguística: Language, material classification, political allegiance, residence and living identity are distinct; this record does not classify every ancient speaker.

Research focus: Radiocarbon determinations, built features, surveys and collection history.

Architectural differences support models of local hierarchy, not one homogeneous Caribbean nation.

Las Mercedes-1 is the Costa Rican site, not an Argentine archaeological classification; roads and leadership models do not establish fixed sovereignty.

No artifact, rock-art, sacred-site, burial or human-remains imagery or restricted knowledge is reproduced.

DNAGENICS provides AI-assisted, source-checked educational paraphrases. Cited authors, institutions and communities did not author or endorse this atlas. Public availability does not establish cultural consent or permission to reproduce objects, sacred knowledge or human remains. No imagery is reproduced. Specialist and community review is recommended; use the website contact channel for corrections, rights concerns or removal requests.

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Baseada no conteúdo aprovado do perfil As citações usam os identificadores de fontes abaixo Sem contexto de conta ou DNA

Interpretação de similaridade genética gerada por IA, sem comprovação de ancestralidade. Conteúdo informativo, sem caráter de orientação profissional.

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Fontes usadas nesta página

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  1. C1

    History: archaeology at STRI

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Archaeology Lab · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  2. C2

    Comisión Nacional de Asuntos Indígenas: documentos

    Comisión Nacional de Asuntos Indígenas, Costa Rica · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  3. C3

    Taphonomy at two contiguous coastal rockshelters in Panama: Preliminary observations focusing on fishing and curing fish

    Diana Rocío Carvajal-Contreras, Richard Cooke and Máximo Jiménez; Quaternary International · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2008 volume; online 2007

  4. C4

    Starch grains reveal early root crop horticulture in the Panamanian tropical forest

    Dolores R. Piperno, Anthony J. Ranere, Irene Holst and Patricia Hansell; Nature · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2000

  5. C5

    Concheros en Bahía Culebra

    Felipe Solís del Vecchio and Anayensy Herrera Villalobos; Museo Nacional de Costa Rica · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  6. C6

    Línea Vieja: monumentalidad arqueológica

    Ricardo Vázquez Leiva; Museo Nacional de Costa Rica · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  7. C7

    Informe de labores 2020: Sitio Museo Finca 6

    Museo Nacional de Costa Rica · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2020

  8. C8

    From Excavation to Online Exhibition: A 30+ year Journey at La Mula-Sarigua

    Patricia Hansell; Cuadernos de Antropología, Universidad de Costa Rica · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2019

  9. S1

    Arquitectura, caminos empedrados y cronología del sector principal del Sitio Las Mercedes -1, Caribe Central de Costa Rica

    Ricardo Vázquez Leiva and Claude Chapdelaine; Vínculos, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2008

  10. S2

    Desde la milenaria trayectoria de asentamiento a transformaciones en una principalidad cacical del Caribe Central costarricense: sitio arqueológico Las Mercedes - 1

    Ricardo Vázquez Leiva; Cuadernos de Antropología, Universidad de Costa Rica · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Digital journal record; consulted 2026-10-20

  11. S3

    Línea Vieja: monumentalidad arqueológica

    Ricardo Vázquez Leiva; Museo Nacional de Costa Rica · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

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Revisión editorial: 20 outubro 2026

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