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 ⓘ