EXPLOTACIÓN TEMPRANA DE RECURSOS COSTEROS EN EL SITIO BLACK CREEK (4000-2500 A.P.), CARIBE SUR DE COSTA RICA

Abstract

Early Exploitation of Coastal Resources at the Black Creek Archaeological Site (4000-2500 B.P.), Southern Caribbean Region of Costa Rica Socio-economic practices associated with the exploitation of coastal re- sources between 3830 and 2355 cal. BP (2-δ) are inferred from two structural components at the Black Creek site in the Southern Caribbean coast of Cos- ta Rica. Two features, a fireplace and the surface of a domestic activity area were deduced through the application of multivariate statistical methods to associated chemical evidence, artifacts, and ecofacts. It was concluded that since the second millennium before our era, the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica was an important region for the origins of surplus production and the manipulation of coastal resources.