The Tronadora Complex
Early Formative Ceramics in Northwestern Costa Rica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4987482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John W Hoopes |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-30 |
| Publication date | 1994-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/971900 |
| OpenAlex | W2328309403 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 26 |
The correlation of archaeological features with tephra stratigraphy and radiocarbon dates in the volcanic cordillera of northwestern Costa Rica has provided evidence for an Early to Middle Formative ceramic complex dating to at least 2000 B.C. Tronadora ceramics have been found in association with evidence for early horticulture and sedentism. Stylistic comparisons with other early pottery from Central America have helped with the refinement of our chronology for the earliest sedentary societies in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Differences between Tronadora pottery and the earliest complexes of Mesoamerica and southern Central America indicate a high degree of regionalization in ceramic styles during the Early Formative period. Similarities also indicate, however, the common participation of northwestern Costa Rica and southern Mesoamerica in broad interaction networks at this time. Tronadora pottery does not represent an incipient technology or the result of a diffusion of ceramic production from Mesoamerica or northwestern South America. Instead, it implies the existence of an earlier and still-undefined period of technological experimentation in the Central American isthmus
Archaeology · Art · Chronology · Formative assessment · Geography · Mesoamerica · Period (music · Pottery · Radiocarbon dating · Tephra · Volcano · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Stratigraphy
Creating and Perpetuating Social Memory Across the Ancient Costa Rican Landscape
Archaeology on Mesoamerica's Southern Frontier
Pacific Nicaraguan Radiocarbon Dates
Historiografía sobre los estudios de arte rupestre de la cordillera de Guanacaste y de su llanura costera (Costa Rica)
Prehistory of Native Americans on the Central American Land Bridge
Betwixt and between in the intermediate area
The Preceramic and Early Ceramic Periods in Belize and the Central Maya Lowlands
Terminal Pleistocene Through Middle Holocene Occupations in Southeastern Mesoamerica
Pilgrimages and Persistent Social Memory in Spite of Volcanic Disasters in the Arenal Area, Costa Rica
Análisis tecnológico y arqueometría de la cerámica temprana en el Caribe colombiano
Geochemical and mineralogical relations of three ceramic complexes from the formative period (2000-300 BC) in Costa Rica
New Data From Old Collections
The Archaeology of lower Central America
High-Precision Decadal Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, AD 1950–2500 BC
High-Precision Bidecadal Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, 500–2500 BC
High-Precision Bidecadal Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, AD 1950–500 BC and 2500–6000 BC
Extended 14 C Data Base and Revised Calib 3.0 14 C Age Calibration Program
Discussion Reporting of 14 C Data
Maya
Advances in Andean Archaeology
Maya treasures of an Ancient Civilization
Household Archaeology at Cerén, El Salvador
Advances in Abandoned Settlement Analysis
Incised Slate Disks from the Atlantic Watershed of Costa Rica
The Zoned Bichrome Period in Northwestern Costa Rica
The Salvage Archaeology of a Zoned Bichrome Cemetery, Costa Rica
| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |