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Nicaragua Styles:
Costa Rica and
Nicaragua share a stylistic
unity in the pre-Columbian period with the area called
Gran Nicoya (see map
above). This area was comprised by the
southwestern part of Nicaragua and the northwestern part of Costa Rica.
The Spanish colonizers gave the country of Costa Rica
its name due to
the quality of the gold-work on the Caribbean coast. Nicaragua was
named after the Nicarao culture that occupied the western part of that
country.
Gran Nicoya:
As mentioned above, this area is comprised the western part of
Nicaragua and the northwestern part of Costa Rica.
The scenes represented in the pottery give evidence to the fact that the
women played an important role in the society holding political and
religious positions.
It is worth highlighting the animal effigy vases,
in these the head was modeled
three dimensionally and for the rest of the body an engraving was used was
frequently used. In a
subsequent period censers were produced with the figure of an animal in the
upper part. In some pieces a supernatural character can be observed in the
animal representations, which possess with large teeth with protuberances
from the head. In the effigy vases of a jaguar, the back legs and the tail
typically form a tripod
upon which the piece is supported.
In the beginning, the burials were done in the hills and highland parts, the
graves were in the form of conical pits or bell-shaped. In some cases
circles of stones were placed at the entrance of the pit to mark the area.
At a later stage these pits were covered with stones forming mounds.
The dead body was placed bent and surrounded with offerings which
included obsidian knives
and pottery (sometimes
jade and
gold). Another type of burial consisted of putting the
burnt remains of the dead body in an urn.
In the tombs found,
frequently jades was found with designs which came
from the Maya area to the north, sometimes re-worked to a local
style. An example of this Mesoamerican influence can be seen in the
Feathered Serpent/Plumed Snake.
The
diverse regions of Nicaragua have produced a wide variety of ceramic
types and subtypes:
Period III ( - 1000BCE (BC)) types include: Toya Incised,
Palmar Incised, Diria Incised, Rosales Zoned Engraved,
Espinoza Red Striped, Rivas Negative,
Usulutan-like
styles, and Cukra Point Complex.
Period IV (1000BCE (BC) - 500CE (AD)) types
include: Bocana Incised, Matanga Polychrome, Red Jobo Excised,
Chaguitillo Polychrome, Rodeo Sieve, Red Andes Incised, Jicaro
Polychrome, Red Coyolito Engraved, Bonifacio Excised and Engraved,
Guarumo Incised and Punctate, Red-on-Biege Nispero, White-on-Brown
Capulin, Black-on-Biege, Yoboa Excised Polychrome, Jarkin Complex,
Smalla Complex, and Siteia Complex.
Period V (500CE (AD) - 1000CE (AD)) types
include:
Chavez White-on-Red, Velasco with
Black Stripes,
Potosi Appliqué,
Leon
Punctate,
Tola Trichrome,
Papagayo Polychrome, Mora Polychrome,
Sacasa
Striated,
Pataky Polychrome, Ometepe
Red-slipped Incised, Delirio Red-on-White, Subasa Polychrome,
Oregano Polychrome, Zamora incised, Red-and-Black Drum, Arrayan
Black Incised,
Ulua Polychrome, Babilonia
Polychrome, Cacauli Red-on-Orange,
Tenampua Polychrome, Tapias Polychrome.
Period VI (1000CE (AD) - 1530CE (AD)) type
include:
Vallejo
Polychrome, Castillo Engraved,
Luna
Polychrome, Madeira Polychrome, Murrillo Applique,
Patastule-on-Red Bands, Combo Sieve, Carlitos Polychrome,
Red-and-White
Oluma, Miragua, Red Coronado.
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Nicaragua Pataky Polychrome
1000-1500 AD |
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Pataky Polychrome Jaguar effigy vessel -
Nicaragua Museo Nacional de Nicaragua |
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Pataky Polychrome Jaguar effigy vessel -
Nicaragua National Museum of
Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
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Pataky Polychrome Vessel Museo Julio
César Salgado
de Condega |
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Pataky Polychrome Jaguar effigy vessel - Nicaragua
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua
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Pataky Polychrome Bowl
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua
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Pataky Polychrome Vessel National
Museum of Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
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Pataky Polychrome Zorro Design Vessel (with unrelated? unknown ball stopper)
Museo de Nindiri
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Pataky Polychrome Vessel - Contales Nicaragua
Museo Arqueológico
"Gregorio Aguilar Barea"
Juigalpa Chontales, Nicaragua
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Nicaragua Vallejo
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Vallejo Polychrome Style Vessel
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua
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Vallejo Polychrome Style Tripod Plate
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
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Vallejo Polychrome Style Vessel Museo
Nacional de Nicaragua |
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Vallejo Polychrome Style Vessel
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
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Vallejo Polychrome Style Tripod Plates - Contales
Museo Arqueológico
"Gregorio Aguilar Barea"
Juigalpa Chontales, Nicaragua
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Vallejo Style Tripod Bowl Museo
Nacional de Nicaragua
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Nicaragua Jicote Style |
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Jicote Vessel
Museo de Sébaco |
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Nicaragua
Espinoza Red Striped Style |
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Espinoza Red Striped Jar
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua Usulutan
Style |
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Usulutan Style Jar
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua
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Nicaragua
Luna Polychrome Style |
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Luna Polychrome Bowl
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua
Bocana Incised Style |
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Bocana Incised Pots
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua
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Bocana Incised Pot National Museum of
Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
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Bocana Incised Pot
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua
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Double spouted Bocana Incised Vessel
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
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Cerámica Bocana inciso, Tempisque(500 a. C. - 300 d. C) Isla de
Ometepe, Cementerio de las Pilas, Los tambores
Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
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Cerámica Bocana inciso, Tempisque(500 a. C. - 300 d. C) Isla de
Ometepe, Cementerio de las Pilas, Los tambores
Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua.
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Cerámica Bocana inciso, Tempisque(500 a. C. - 300 d. C) Isla de
Ometepe, Cementerio de las Pilas, Los tambores
Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua.
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Cerámica Bocana inciso, Tempisque(500 a. C. - 300 d. C) Isla de
Ometepe, Cementerio de las Pilas, Los tambores
Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua.
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Cerámica Bocana inciso, Tempisque(500 a. C. - 300 d. C) Isla de
Ometepe, Cementerio de las Pilas, Los tambores
Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua.
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Cerámica Bocana inciso, Tempisque(500 a. C. - 300 d. C) Isla de
Ometepe, Cementerio de las Pilas, Los tambores
Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
Chavez White-on-Red Style |
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Chavez White on Red Style Vessels
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua
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Nicaragua Tola
Trichrome Style |
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Tola Trichrome Vessel
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua
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Nicaragua
Ometepe Style |
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Ometepe Monochrome |
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Nicaragua Chaguitillo Polychrome Style |
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Chorotega pottery piece from
Ciudad Perdida de la Quebrada de Arrancabarba
Museo del pueblo de Chagüitillo, departamento de Matagalpa
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Ceramic piece from Ciudad Perdida de la
Quebrada de Arrancabarba
Museo del pueblo de Chagüitillo,
departamento de Matagalpa
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Ceramic Zoomorph Head from
Ciudad Perdida de la Quebrada de Arrancabarba
Museo del pueblo de Chagüitillo, departamento de Matagalpa
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Pottery fragments from
Ciudad Perdida de la Quebrada de Arrancabarba
Museo del pueblo de Chagüitillo, departamento de Matagalpa
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Nicaragua
Potosi Appliqué Style |
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Potosi Appliqué Jar Bowl
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Potosi Appliqué
Jar Lid National Museum of Nicaragua,
Managua, Nicaragua |
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Potosi Appliqué Insensor Museo de
condega |
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Potosi Appliqué Insensor museo de
condega |
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Potosi Appliqué Insensors Museo de
Nindiri
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Nicaragua Leon
Punctate Style |
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Leon Punctate Tripod Plate
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Leon
Punctate Tripod Plate National Museum
of Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
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Nicaragua
Papagayo Polychrome Style |
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Papagayo Polychrome Vessel
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Papagallo Polychrome Tripod Plate
Museo de Nindiri |
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Nicaragua
Sacasa Striated Style |
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Sacasa Striated Jar
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua
Ulua Polychrome Style |
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Ulua Polychrome Cylinder Vase
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua
Tenampua Polychrome Style |
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Tenampua Polychrome Bowl
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua Red Painted Style
(Red-and-White Oluma) |
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Red Painted Jar
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua
Maya-Like Polychrome Style |
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Maya-like Polychrome Vessel
National Museum of Nicaragua, Managua,
Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua
Miscellaneous Styles |
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Monimbo Ceramic Museo Nacional de
Nicaragua |
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Corotega
Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua. |
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Pataky Polychrome Human effigy vessel
Museo de Nindiri
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Corotega Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua. |
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Effigy Figure - Contales Museo
Arqueológico
"Gregorio Aguilar Barea"
Juigalpa Chontales, Nicaragua
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Undefined Style Human Effigy Vessel |
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Corotega Spindle Whorls Museo
Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua. |
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Corotega Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua.
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Museo Chorotega-Nicarao
“Enrique Berio Mántica Deshon”
Chinandega, Nicaragua. |
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Corotega Museo de Nindiri
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Chorotega pottery pieces Museo de Tendiri |
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Chorotega Museo de Nindiri |
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Ceramic effigy figure
museo
de condega |
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Ceramic effigy figures museo
de condega |
