SITE MUSEUM FINCA 6
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The Site Museum Finca 6 is located in Palmar Sur of Osa, on the road to Sierpe, in the province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
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Since the year 800 a.C., tribal communities with family ties came to constitute villages under a chiefdom organization over the extensive plains of the Diquis delta. This political system included a chief or chieftains, in whose territory there were several towns and communities with chiefs subordinated to his authority.
The leaders of the delta controlled a vast territory where they consolidated their economic and ideological power. Extensive farming and the availability of natural resources would have created favorable conditions to undertake important public infrastructure works, create monumental sculptures, and obtain symbolic, deluxe goods according to their social condition.
Pre-Columbian chiefdom settlements with stone spheres in Diquís are the first set of cultural sites declared World Heritage Site in Costa Rica. The four archaeological sites have outstanding universal value, given its integrity, authenticity and good condition.
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The representations of power developed singular shapes in the Diquis delta. Designs depicted in stone, gold, pottery and other materials reflect the way how these cultures regarded their rulers. Authorities reinforced their power and the subordination of the other strata of the population by erecting monuments for the use and admiration of the population and by using diverse symbolic objects. They expressed the dominant thought and the community’s identity in such objects, which allowed rulers to retain their hierarchical position.
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The plants and animals seen today in the area of Finca 6 Site Museum 6 are the product of natural regeneration taking place for over 10 years. Some sectors of the site are devoid of vegetation because of the archaeological research realized; notwithstanding, an important percentage of the area hasn’t been intervened and has constituted an early stages secondary forest, with the presence of species typical of areas of secondary growth and animals characteristic of this type of forest.
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