Chibchan cultural area

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The Chibchan cultural area is a pre-Columbian cultural and linguistic region of lower Central America and northern South America, home to various indigenous groups who speak Chibchan languages and share related traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chibchan cultural area canonical 2
Chibchan language area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural area
pre-Columbian cultural region
associatedWith Chibchan peoples
associatedWithLanguageFamily Chibchan languages
borderedBy Andean cultural area
Mesoamerican cultural area
linked to: Mesoamerica
characterizedBy ceramic traditions
complex chiefdoms
goldworking
maize agriculture
regional trade networks
root crop cultivation
hasArchaeologicalEvidence burial mounds
chiefdom centers
gold artifacts
hasLinguisticCore Chibchan language family
linked to: Chibchan languages
hasPart Colombia (northern regions)
linked to: northern Colombia

Costa Rica
Nicaragua (southern regions)
Panama
Venezuela (western regions)
linked to: western Venezuela
includesCulturalTradition ancestor veneration
household-based agriculture
ritual use of gold ornaments
shamanism
inhabitedBy Arhuaco people
linked to: Arhuaco

Bribri people
linked to: Bribri

Buglé people
Cabécar people
Damana people
Guaymí people
linked to: Guaymí

Kogi people
Kuna people
linked to: Kuna

Muisca people
linked to: Muisca

Ngäbe people
Wiwa people
knownFor diverse ecological zones
intermediate cultural traits between Mesoamerica and Andes
linguistic diversity within Chibchan family
locatedIn Lower Central America
Northern South America
precedes Spanish colonization of the Americas
sharesFeatureWith Andean cultural area
linked to: Andean region

Mesoamerican cultural area
linked to: Mesoamerica
timePeriod Classic period (in parts)
Formative period (in parts)
Postclassic period (in parts)
pre-Columbian era

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bribri partOf Chibchan cultural area
Cabécar language isPartOf Chibchan language area
linked to: Chibchan cultural area
Lache partOf Chibchan cultural area