La presente bibliografía complementa, principalmente hasta 1985, las siguientes bibliografías previas:1- Bibliografía Antropológica de Costa Rica, 1969-19752- Bibliografía Antropológica de Costa Rica, 1976-19773- Bibliografía ...

This article explores the architectural specificities of Agua Caliente de Cartago (C-35AC), an archaeological site located in the Costa Rica’s central area. This community, circa 600 A.D., was an ideological-political ...

Recientemente, se realizó un estudio evaluativo en Finca Guardiria y, posteriormente, ex- cavaciones restringidas en áreas seleccionadas, a raíz del proyecto de construcción de una zona industrial en dicho terreno. Con el ...

Toponymic research is a useful tool in the study of ethnolinguistic heritage and confirmation of cultural diversity. The identification of the origins and changes in geographic names enables us to understand the influences ...

With the abolition of the Costa Rican Army in 1948, the facilities of the Bellavista Fort were destined as the new headquarters of the National Museum of Costa Rica, starting a tra- dition of transforming military forts, ...

In this article we discuss the distribution of jade artifacts in ancient Central America, and the implications it has in understanding processes of sociopolitical interaction. The significant development of jade lapidary ...

This paper analyzes in depth the subject of the “otherness” in the heart of western society. Initially it explores, from a theoretical point of view, the vision that the occidental society is unique and homogeneous, as ...

The following article presents an overview of the indigenous policies developed in the last half-century by Costa Rican governments, as well as the reactions to them of some groups of the indigenous population of the ...

When it comes to explaining the cultural differences which separate the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua from the Pacific part of the country, one of the distinguishing aspects always pointed out is the difference in religion: ...

Pedagogy inside universities has a colonizing role. This explains the discomfort of indigenous communities towards the academy, as well as the research in the universities. This article shares some experiences of the ...