Costa Rica’s Jade Museum presents”Life and Death in the Jicaro Valley, Culebra Bay”

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Skeletal remains of Mesoamerican Indians with artificial cranial deformations and filed teeth, and who settled in Costa Rica centuries ago, are being exhibited to the public for the first time since their discovery near the Pacific coast in the northern part of the country.

The temporary Jade Museum exhibition “Life and Death in the Jicaro Valley, Culebra Bay,” dates the arrival of these settlers to between 800-900 A.D. Their customs and physical characteristics suggest a Mesoamerican descent.

According to the archeologists Felipe Solís del Vecchio and Anayency Herrera, the remains found in the Jicaro Valley in Culebra Bay, Guanacaste are the ones preserved in better conditions and the excavations allowed the analysis of 5 hectares in which they found 308 individuals buried.

“There is evidence of cultural practices that had been developed by the Chibcha groups in Culebra Bay. There is specialization of the community. Leaders, warriors, artisans”, explained archeologists Virginia Novoa.

The exhibit, which will be open through September 19, shows over 100 objects mostly pieces made of ceramic, animal bones and shells, as well as the skeletal remains. The Jade Museum opens from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m.every day.

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