FIELD NOTES / CRI / Central America
Costa Rica
Stone spheres & archaeological placement.
START WITH A PLACE
Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís
The Diquís sites preserve stone spheres alongside settlement remains. Their original purpose and production are not fully understood, making careful attention to archaeological context especially important.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Compare the sphere’s smooth outline with the irregular ground around it. Study placement and scale without inventing a symbolic meaning.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)