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1. www.amcostarica.com
www.amcostarica.com/041502.htm - [Cached]Published on: 4/15/2002 Last Visited: 5/2/2007
The Museo Nacional will try to fill the gap in Costa Rican prehistory with the publication of "Los primeros costarricenses" by Dr. Francisco Corrales, a leading archaeologist at the museum.
"We study the pre-columbian past to understand our present identity," said Corrales in a release by the museum.
The museum will celebrate the publication of the book April 17 at 7 p.m. in an event open to the public in the former Bella Vista Fortress in the eastern section of the downtown where the museum is located. The date also happens to be the Día del Indigena, or the Day of the Indigenous.
Corrales, who has a long history of investigating the Costa Rican past, promises to "dare to break many myths that we have assumed in the study of our roots." The book is designed for general audiences.
The author, Corrales, with this publication fills a gap in the historiography of Costa Rica and carries the reader on a trip over a long and little-known period of history that precedes the European conquest, said the museum.
The book will complement a course of studies at the high school level that will make use of the many studies and investigations that the museum has made over the years. Much of the work has been done by Corrales, who has a long academic publishing record.
The history of Costa Rica does not begin in the 16th century with the arrival of the Spanish, Corrales notes. The first inhabitants lived here at least 10,000 years earlier, according to the archaeological data, he said.
Corrales said he dismisses the use of the word "prehistory" in the discussion of early inhabitants. He said that term is pejorative, Eurocentric and dismissive of the many sources, including oral history, that are available to investigators. He said he prefers the term "ancient history" or "pre-columbian."
Unlike some Latin countries where the A.M. Costa Rica photo This well-dressed cacique or chief won't miss the April 17 event because he lives at the musuem.
prehispanic past has been glorified, Costa Rica has generally tried to minimize the indigenous legacy, said Corrales. -
2. Welcome to A.M. Costa Rica
www.amcostarica.com/041502.htm - [Cached]Published on: 4/15/2002 Last Visited: 6/24/2006
The Museo Nacional will try to fill the gap in Costa Rican prehistory with the publication of "Los primeros costarricenses" by Dr. Francisco Corrales, a leading archaeologist at the museum.
"We study the pre-columbian past to understand our present identity," said Corrales in a release by the museum.
The museum will celebrate the publication of the book April 17 at 7 p.m. in an event open to the public in the former Bella Vista Fortress in the eastern section of the downtown where the museum is located. The date also happens to be the Día del Indigena, or the Day of the Indigenous.
Corrales, who has a long history of investigating the Costa Rican past, promises to "dare to break many myths that we have assumed in the study of our roots." The book is designed for general audiences.
The author, Corrales, with this publication fills a gap in the historiography of Costa Rica and carries the reader on a trip over a long and little-known period of history that precedes the European conquest, said the museum.
The book will complement a course of studies at the high school level that will make use of the many studies and investigations that the museum has made over the years. Much of the work has been done by Corrales, who has a long academic publishing record.
The history of Costa Rica does not begin in the 16th century with the arrival of the Spanish, Corrales notes. The first inhabitants lived here at least 10,000 years earlier, according to the archaeological data, he said.
Corrales said he dismisses the use of the word "prehistory" in the discussion of early inhabitants. He said that term is pejorative, Eurocentric and dismissive of the many sources, including oral history, that are available to investigators. He said he prefers the term "ancient history" or "pre-columbian."
Unlike some Latin countries where the A.M. Costa Rica photo This well-dressed cacique or chief won't miss the April 17 event because he lives at the musuem.
prehispanic past has been glorified, Costa Rica has generally tried to minimize the indigenous legacy, said Corrales. -
3. Welcome to A.M. Costa Rica
www.amcostarica.com/041502.htm - [Cached]Published on: 4/15/2002 Last Visited: 10/6/2005
The Museo Nacional will try to fill the gap in Costa Rican prehistory with the publication of "Los primeros costarricenses" by Dr. Francisco Corrales, a leading archaeologist at the museum.
"We study the pre-columbian past to understand our present identity," said Corrales in a release by the museum.
The museum will celebrate the publication of the book April 17 at 7 p.m. in an event open to the public in the former Bella Vista Fortress in the eastern section of the downtown where the museum is located. The date also happens to be the Día del Indigena, or the Day of the Indigenous.
Corrales, who has a long history of investigating the Costa Rican past, promises to "dare to break many myths that we have assumed in the study of our roots." The book is designed for general audiences.
The author, Corrales, with this publication fills a gap in the historiography of Costa Rica and carries the reader on a trip over a long and little-known period of history that precedes the European conquest, said the museum.
The book will complement a course of studies at the high school level that will make use of the many studies and investigations that the museum has made over the years. Much of the work has been done by Corrales, who has a long academic publishing record.
The history of Costa Rica does not begin in the 16th century with the arrival of the Spanish, Corrales notes. The first inhabitants lived here at least 10,000 years earlier, according to the archaeological data, he said.
Corrales said he dismisses the use of the word "prehistory" in the discussion of early inhabitants. He said that term is pejorative, Eurocentric and dismissive of the many sources, including oral history, that are available to investigators. He said he prefers the term "ancient history" or "pre-columbian."
Unlike some Latin countries where the A.M. Costa Rica photo This well-dressed cacique or chief won't miss the April 17 event because he lives at the musuem.
prehispanic past has been glorified, Costa Rica has generally tried to minimize the indigenous legacy, said Corrales.
