Category: Costa Rica

Everyday Use of Plants in Pre-Hispanic Costa Rica

Arenal Volcano viewed from the archaeological site La Chiripa.

By Venicia Slotten Arenal Volcano viewed from the archaeological site La Chiripa. (Photo by Venicia Slotten). This July, supported by a Tinker Foundation and CLAS-funded research grant, I helped excavate a house structure in Costa Rica that was preserved by the eruption of Arenal Volcano around 3,500 years ago. This archaeological site, La Chiripa, is... Continue Reading →

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A Tale of Two Crops

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By Rishi Khalsa Pineapple plantation in Buenos Aires, Costa Rica It was the best of crops, it was the worst of crops, it was a system of equality, and it was a system of inequality. There was a crop heavily exported from the mountains of Costa Rica, there was a crop heavily exported from the... Continue Reading →

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