{"id":18843,"date":"2022-06-08T19:20:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T19:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/?post_type=cpt_portfolio&#038;p=18843"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:25:35","slug":"semilla-fuego-y-raiz","status":"publish","type":"cpt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/eng\/exhibiciones\/semilla-fuego-y-raiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed, Fire, and Root"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18843\" class=\"elementor elementor-18843\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19723e3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19723e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-888cf4a sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"888cf4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e41ae25 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-arrows-position-inside animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"e41ae25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cover-pag-exhibicion_sfr.png\" alt=\"cover-pag-exhibicion_sfr\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1930px; 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Some objects of current indigenous peoples are also displayed. Throughout the tour, maps, timelines, and educational and interactive stations allow us to expand the contents and relate them to our ways of obtaining, preparing and even disposing of food today.<\/p><p>The Interactive and educational stations redefine pre-Columbian food practices by linking them to our times and inviting visitors to reflect on the transformations in the way food is obtained, the agricultural biodiversity, food security, food waste, the nutritional and the cultural value of what we eat, among other topics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f7fc6 animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d7f7fc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa2dc4f animation_type_block sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"fa2dc4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2621\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2621\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Hunting and the Consumption of Animals.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2621\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2621\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From periods as ancient as 7000 BC, there is evidence of the use of hunting as one of the most popular strategies for survival.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the animals that were consumed, we can find a wide variety of mammals such as the white-tailed deer, monkeys, and the peccary.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunting tools are not present in the archaeological record; however, those recorded are spear heads made of stone, and other utensils used for removing animal skin and cutting meat, such as scrapers and knifes, made of stone as well\u00a0<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18876\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18876 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-370x555.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-770x1155.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-C-9FG-3032.jpg 1667w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Punta de proyectil &#8211; Cola de Pez. Regi\u00f3n Central. 7000 &#8211; 10 000 a.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2622\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2622\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Sea Flavor: Fishing, Salt Extraction and Garbage Dumps<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2622\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2622\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trade and product exchange activities, especially those of salt and molluscs, were highly valued. Varied species of fish, molluscs, seafood and wood for fire pits were obtained from mangroves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the North Pacific archaeological sites, between 300 BC and AD 300, there are findings of tuna bones (black skipjack tuna and maraco) horse mackerel, parrot fish, frogfish, spotfin croaker, and porgy. IN bah\u00eda Culebra, between AD 800 \u2013 1150, there are records of the use of techniques aimed at extracting salt by using special pots and the preparation of shellfish by separating the shell from the animal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fishing was also used with harpoons, nets, hooks, boats, and traps.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waste was placed in \u201cshell deposits or garbage dumps\u201d where the remains of shells, broken earthenware, and bones of animals were laid<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18895\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18895 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-O-0534.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crab-shaped Pendant \nSouth Pacific\nAD 700-1550<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2623\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2623\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Agriculture: Between Axes and Ploughs:<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2623\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2623\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first groups that entered the American territory applied varied survival and food gathering strategies.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For several hundred years, food was gathered directly from nature. Later, with the emergence of agriculture, estimated in 1000 BC for the territory currently known as Costa Rica, this way of life became more complex, supporting changes in food production, storage and management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout hundreds of years, tools such as ploughs and axes were introduced, which modified wild spaces to create harvest areas. Together with other artifacts, stone artifacts created to process food and originate diverse preparations were important.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18899\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18899 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-0025.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mano de moler. Pac\u00edfico Norte. 300-1350 d.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2624\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2624\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Stone Utensils<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2624\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2624\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides clay, other raw materials were used to make utensils, such as wood, gourds, bones, clay, shell and stone. Since early periods, stone had a prominent role for macerating, grinding, scraping and hunting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most prominent stone tools are spearheads, scrapers, racloirs, knives, piercers, hammers, metates, pestles and mortars, dated from 4000 BC. and made of andesite, chalcedony, wood opal, and dacite.\n.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 300 BC, the following instruments stand out: Burins, punches or piercers, hammer axes, grinding stones and metates (made of basalt, lava stone and jaspers.) They were found in archaeological contexts directly or partially linked to maize consumption<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18908\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18908 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-P-42-2-600x401.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Circular Metate\nSouth Pacific\nAD 700-1550<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2625\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2625\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Food and Us.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2625\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2625\"><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Americas, some foods were always present in the natural environment; hence, they did not require agricultural production. However, others originated in Mesoamerica or South America and were traded throughout the territory\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pre-Columbian cuisine was characterized by the great variety of foods that were used. These peoples harvested tubers, legumes and fruits, cassava, beans, cucurbits, palms, cacao and a predominance of the consumption of corn.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Costa Rica, there is only one reference of food mixtures in the pre-Columbian (sweet potato and corn): The southern area of the country. Nevertheless, the variety of dishes made is acknowledged due to the archaeological finds of tools. It is inferred that those tools were used to produce diverse foods, since there were remains of soot in everyday vessels and seed studies in the archaeobotanical field<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18909\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18909 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-370x246.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MNCR-24078-600x400.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pot with Feline Eating Maize<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Pacific<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collection of the National Museum of Costa Rica<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2626\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2626\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Dominance Over Food<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2626\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2626\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was an increase in population (due to several factors, including sedentarization) and new power structures were consolidated among the pre-Columbian peoples of the current Costa Rica, after AD 500.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These transformations made leaders in charge of prioritizing tasks, establishing political and economic contacts with other areas of the Americas, and to control the surpluses and trade and exchange.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The resource management, especially food, became a form of power that those communities had at their disposal to organize the group and to interact with other peoples of the region by offering a variety of products such as salt and shells.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18910\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18910 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0446-3.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Character Carrying an Animal\nCentral Caribbean\nLa Selva (AD 300-800)\nFigurillas Santa Clara Type<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2627\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2627\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">The Kitchen: Fire, Soot, Clay and Stone<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2627\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2627\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When referring to the gathering, processing and consumption of food, it is inevitable to think about how the culinary spaces were in the pre-Columbian era.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of fire to make vessels and feed the fire pits, and as a space for the exchange of knowledge was of utmost important in the indigenous home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the places where fire was used (with smoked remains or soot,) there is important archaeological evidence to detect kitchens and where food was prepared and cooked. Those spaces were located close to the areas where raw material was gathered, next to the home or in them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are findings of ovens and fire pits linked to cooking vessels for cooking, serving and storing food, such as pots, pitchers, bottles and ceramic glass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowadays, these artifacts are indispensable in our kitchens, and they led these processes of culinary experimentation originating from the pre-Columbian era.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18914\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18914 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1240-2.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pestle\nCentral Caribbean\nEl Bosque (300 BC - AD 300)\nBosque Rojo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2628\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2628\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Drinking and Eating: Earthenware Shapes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2628\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2628\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some artifacts were used at homes or were deposited in tombs after processing food. The use of ceramic earthenware played an important role in cooking, serving, storing and developing rituals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early pottery finds are generally from the Central Caribbean and North Pacific, and they correspond to globular pots, tecomates (pots with and inward lip,) cylindrical vessels with flat bases and large plates dating from 300 BC, with phytomorphic figures (of vegetables or plants.)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later, depending on the region and the context, special earthenware was also made, such as those dedicated to the extraction of salt, molluscs, tortillas, funnels and strainers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although only artifacts for ritual use are shown, these were also used to process and contain food. Their shapes were replicated from the daily-use vessel.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18919\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18919 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-1769-3.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spigot with Zoomorphic Figure or Human Wearing a Mask\nNorth Pacific\nSapo\u00e1-Ometepe (1350-1520 BC)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2629\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2629\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Use of Cooking Instruments:Transporting,<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2629\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2629\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carrying, and Preparing Food\nThe utensils and earthenware that were used for food processing and consumption are diverse, and their use depended on the region and the period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many of these vessels, representations of people and animals, either processing or consuming food, can be found. Thanks to these depictions, we know how some of these objects were used in ancient periods.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to these representations, we know how food was processed, for example, cassava and maize.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18927\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18927 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-370x251.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-770x523.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3-600x408.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/BCCR-C-0659-3.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/204;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vessel of Characters Eating Food\nCentral Caribbean\nEl Bosque\/ La Selva (300 BC -  AD 800)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-26210\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-26210\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Culinary Syncretisms: Cooking as a Result of Mestiaje<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-26210\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-26210\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowadays, there are in Costa Rica multiple types of cuisine, which vary according to production, food availability, the impact of migrations, and the historical transformations that have nourished the region, turning it into a diverse a dynamic one. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;\">The culinary influence of the current Costa Rica is shaped by indigenous, Spanish, and African influence, thus, leading the path to what we know today as \u201ccriollo food.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certain foods are part of traditional cuisine, such as maize, beans, and cassava. Others were introduces from several regions of the Americas (potato, tomato, chilli, vanilla, tobacco, and cacao;) from Europe and Asia (rice, sugar cane, coffee, cinnamon, and animal products such as rabbit, hare, pork, goat, and cow.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dishes currently consumed uphold the complexity of our cuisine, and it is proof of the importance of safeguarding the pre-Columbian heritage to understand some aspects of our local cuisine.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_18932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18932\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18932 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/museosdelbancocentral.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OE-0100.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J\u00edcara. Pac\u00edfico Sur,<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1c0c6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1c0c6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81721fd sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"81721fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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