imitating from memory: hybrid vessels and attempted replications of stylistic elements from central...
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Imitating from Memory: Hybrid Vessels and Attempted Replications of Stylistic Elements from Central Panama in
the Pre-Hispanic Ceramics of Costa Rica
John W. HoopesDepartment of Anthropology
The University of [email protected]
Paper presented in the symposium “Itinerant Matters and Hybrid Objects:Research on Material Transfers and Contact Products,”
80th Annual Meeting of the Society of American ArchaeologySan Francisco, CA, April 19, 2015
Gran Coclé Semiotic TraditionCeramic Chronology
• El Hatillo AD 1300 - 1500• Parita AD 1000 - 1300• Macaracas AD 850 - 1000• Conte AD 700 - 850• Cubitá AD 550 - 700• Tonosí AD 300 - 550• Aristides 300 BC – AD 550• La Mula 150 BC – AD 300• Sarigua 1500 - 500 BC• Monagrillo 2800 – 1200 BC
Greater NicoyaCeramic Chronology
• Ometepe AD 1350 – 1550
• Sapoá AD 800 - 1350
• Bagaces AD 300 - 800
• Tempisque 500 BC – AD 300
• Orosi 2000 – 500 BC
Late La Mula GroupAD 100-200
Late Tonosí GroupAD 300-550
Macaracas GroupAD 850-1000
Iconographic Continuity in Central Panamanian Ceramics
Tripod Bowl FormAltiplano Polychrome, Greater Nicoya, Costa Rica
AD 800-1350
Pedestal Bowl FormMacaracas Group, Central Panama
AD 800-1000
Altiplano Polychrome, Greater Nicoya, Costa RicaAD 800 - 1350Macaracas Polychrome, Central Panama
AD 800 - 1000
Mercedes White-Line, Las Mercedes, Caribbean Costa RicaAD 1100-1500
Gold Disk, Sitio Conte, PanamaAD 700-900
Gold ornament, Sitio Conte, PanamaPeabody Museum, Harvard UniversityDimensions: 27 x 30 x 0.2 cmPeabody Number: 30-49-20/C11036
Macaracas Polychrome, Coclé, Panama Mora Polychrome: Chircot VarietyAgua Caliente de Cartago, Costa Rica
Macaracas Polychrome, Coclé, PanamaMora Polychrome: Chircot Variety
Agua Caliente de Cartago, Costa Rica
Regional genetic structure based on mtDNA:
210-1-2
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
-0.5
-1.0
I
II
Maya_H
Coreguaje
Kiche_B
Necostla
Vaupes Guaymi
Guatuso_Maleku
Chorotega
Rama
Otomi
Purepecha
Triqui
Wounan
Embera
Ngobe
Kuna
Huetar
Taino Ciboney
Yanomamo1
Kogi
Ijka
Wayuu
Arsario
Cayapa
Shamatari
Kiche_Maya
MixtecYucatec
PoqomchiChorti
Nahua
MDS: Comparative populations (n=24)
Chibchan cluster (red); Green, orange, and symbols (Oto-manguean, Uto-Aztecan, Maya, Tarascan; Blue and symbols (Barbacoan, Chocoan, Yanomami); Open circles (Arawak)
Baldi 2015 (with permission)
Regional genetic structure based on mtDNA:
1.51.00.50.0-0.5-1.0-1.5-2.0
1.0
0.5
0.0
-0.5
-1.0
I
II
KogiIjka
Arsario
Chorotega NgobeGuaymi
Guatuso_M
Rama
Huetar
Kuna
MDS: Chibchan populations
Clusters: 1. Votic, 2. Isthmic (Otomanguean and Votic?), 3. Magdalenic
Baldi 2015 (with permission)