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The stone spheres of Costa Rica are an assortment of over 300 petrospheres in Costa Rica, on the Diquís Delta and on Isla del Caño. Locally, they are also known as bolas de piedra (lit. ' stone balls '). The spheres are commonly attributed to the extinct Diquís culture, and they are sometimes referred to as the Diquís Spheres.
A Klerksdorp sphere. It is 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) in maximum diameter and 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) in thickness. Klerksdorp spheres are small objects, often spherical to disc-shaped, that have been collected by miners and rockhounds from 3-billion-year-old pyrophyllite deposits mined by Wonderstone Ltd., near Ottosdal, South Africa.
The World Heritage Site comprises four archaeological sites with material remains from the culture. They include artificial mounds, burial sites, paved areas, and, most prominently, large stone spheres. Some of the spheres reach more than 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) in diameter.
The Diquis are known for stone spheres, sometimes referred to as the Diquís Spheres, an assortment of over three hundred petrospheres in Costa Rica. The stone spheres are megaliths sculpted from mainly gabbro or granodiorite rocks, dating from between 300 BC. C. and 300 AD. C. They are considered the main and most important cultural ...
In archaeology, a stone ball or petrosphere (from Greek πέτρα (petra), "stone", and σφαῖρα (sphaira), "ball") is the name for any spherical man-made object of any size that is composed of stone. These mainly prehistoric artifacts may have been created or selected, but altered in some way to perform their specific function, including ...
Boscawen-Un – Stone circle with a leaning pillar in its interior. Boskednan – a partially restored stone circle near Boskednan, around 6 kilometres (4 miles) northwest of the town of Penzance. Craddock Moor – near Minions on Bodmin Moor, 800 m (1 ⁄ 2 mi) northwest of The Hurlers. Duloe – in the village of Duloe, 8 km (5 mi) from Looe.
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Carved stone balls (3D gallery). National Museums of Scotland. Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark (6 June 2018). "Enormous petrified mulberries a new dimension on carved stone balls". National Museums of Scotland. 'Not just a load of old balls': Late Neolithic developments and the creation of a new world order (video). The Rhind Lectures.