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A Diquis human effigy pendant

The Diquis culture (sometimes spelled Diquís) was a pre-Columbian indigenous culture of Costa Rica that flourished from 700 AD to 1530 AD.^[1] The word "diquís" means "great waters" or "great river" in the Boruca language.^[1]

Stone sphere made by the Diquis culture

See also

Stone spheres of Costa Rica

References

^ ^a ^b "Diquís". Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

External links

Media related to Diquis culture at Wikimedia Commons

The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (available online as PDF), which contains material on Diquis culture

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