Stone Spheres of Costa Rica
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What are the Stone Spheres?
Each stone sphere is carved from a hard igneous rock. Most of the spheres have diameters ranging from 60 and 120 centimetres. However, some are significantly larger, with diameters of 170 centimetres, and the largest known sphere has a diameter of 257 centimetres and weighs 15 tons [1].
Discovery
The stone spheres were discovered by
Context
The location in which the spheres were discovered has received relatively little study. The lack of study is due in part to the inaccessibility of some parts of the region, and also to the general disruption caused by the banana plantation and other commercial projects [1].
[3] The spheres are mostly found in and about a single settlement or group of settlements. These settlements were occupied
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=JOKITNcYZUIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA205&dq=The+Granite+Spheres+of+Ca%C3%B1o+Island+and+the+Diquis+Delta&ots=I-lXbf43Q6&sig=tZWmCn6vNdntD64aGx_-12UdtvU#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Quilter, Jeffrey, and Aida Blanco Vargas. “Monumental Architecture and Social Organization at the Rivas Site, Costa Rica.” Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 22, no. 2, 1995, pp. 203–221. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/530322.
- ↑ https://daily.jstor.org/objects-wonder-costa-ricas-stone-spheres/