Archaeological Sites in Costa Rica
El Pedregal Archaeological Site
El Pedregal is a rock art site in northwest Costa Rica, 20 km from the Nicaraguan border in the Cordillera de Guanacaste mountains [1]. The site was first scientifically documented in 1989 and is…
Guayabo National Monument
Guayabo National Monument is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Cartago Province, Costa Rica, on the southern slope of Turrialba Volcano[1]. Covering 2.3 square kilometres, the monument features…
Las Mercedes Archaeological Site
Las Mercedes is a complex archaeological site on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, between the foothills of Turrialba Volcano and the alluvial plain. Covering 25 hectares, it contains platforms,…
Rivas District
A Chiriqui Period (AD 750-1500) archaeological site in the Perez Zeledon canton, San Jose province, Costa Rica, discovered in the 1980s by Robert Drolet. Excavations began in 1992 under Jeffrey…
Stone Spheres of Costa Rica
(500 - 1000 AD) The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica are an assortment of over 300 petrospheres found primarily on the Diquís Delta and Isla del Caño[1]. Locally known as bolas de piedra (stone balls),…