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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. Hoopes Department of Anthropology The University of Kansas [email protected] Paper presented in the symposium “Itinerant Matters and Hybrid Objects: Research on Material Transfers and Contact Products,” 80 th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology San Francisco, CA, April 19, 2015

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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

Copador Polychrome, El Salvador Mora Polychrome, Costa Rica

Guangala Polychrome, Ecuador Mora Polychrome, Costa Rica

Southern GreaterNicoya

Central CaribbeanLowlands

Central Region

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

Late Tonosí Style, Central Panama, AD 400-500

Altiplano Polychrome, Greater Nicoya, AD 800-1350

DO PC.B.325Petroglyph, Guayabo de Turrialba, Costa Rica

Gold Disk, Sitio Conte

Altiplano Polychrome, Greater Nicoya, Costa RicaAD 800 - 1350Macaracas Polychrome, Central Panama

AD 800 - 1000

Tonosí Group, Central PanamaAD 300 - 550

Flying Panel Metate, Caribbean Costa Ricaca. AD 700-1000

Flying Panel Metate, La Unión, Costa Rica (ca. AD 700-1100)

Las Mercedes, Costa Rica Coclé, Central Panama

Macaracas Group, Central Panama, AD 800-1000

Spread-Eagled Figure in Greater Nicoya Ceramics

Mercedes White-Line, Las Mercedes, Caribbean Costa RicaAD 1100-1500

Gold Disk, Sitio Conte, PanamaAD 700-900

Las Mercedes, Costa RicaMacaracas PolychromeCentral Panama

Resist-decorated bowl, La Selva Period,Caribbean Costa Rica

AD 700-1100

Gold Disk, Sitio Conte, PanamaAD 700-900

Gold Helmet, Sitio Conte, Costa Rica, ca. AD 700-900

Gold ornament, Sitio Conte, PanamaPeabody Museum, Harvard UniversityDimensions: 27 x 30 x 0.2 cmPeabody Number: 30-49-20/C11036

Macaracas Group, Central PanamaAD 800-1000

Gold Disk, Sitio Conte, Central PanamaAD 700-900

Altiplano Polychrome, Costa RicaMacaracas Polychrome, Panama

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

Altiplano Polychrome, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Macaracas Polychrome, Central Panama Altiplano Polychrome, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Conte Style AD 600-800

Conte Style, Central PanamaAltiplano Polychrome, Greater Nicoya

Conte Style, Central Panama Altiplano Polychrome, Greater Nicoya

Altiplano Polychrome, Greater Nicoya

Conte Group, Central PanamaAD 700-850

Nicoya Polychrome, Greater Nicoya, Costa RicaAD 800-1350

Late Tonosí Style, AD 400-500 Mora Polychrome: Chircot Variety, Costa Rica, AD 800-1350

Roxana Shiny Maroon, Caribbean Costa RicaAD 400-700

Conte Style AD 600-800

Gold Pectorals, Sitio Conte, Panama, AD 750-950

Altiplano Polychrome, Greater Nicoya

Altiplano Polychrome, Guancaste, Costa Rica

Conte Style, Panama Mora Polychrome: Chircot Variety, Costa Rica

Macaracas Group, Central Panama, AD 800-1000

Coclé Style, Central Panama

Mora Polychrome: Chircot Variety, Guanacaste, Costa RicaAD 800-1350

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)

Southern GreaterNicoya

Central CaribbeanLowlands

Central Region