A few people have requested some information on the national monument, Guayabo. So on the 25th of March, I took a tour of Guayabo with my classmates from Minnesota. It was raining like cats and dogs on the way there. I forgot my rain gear, but luckily there was a Mega Super (similar to a target) on our way to Guayabo. Here is a quick synopsis of what I learned.
Guayabo covers an area of 232 hectares on the southern slopes of Turrialba volcano. It is the most important and largest archeological site discovered in Costa Rica to date. This site forms part of the cultural region known as the Central Intermountain region on the Atlantic Slope. A number of small villages established in the outlying area housed a rural population estimated at between 1,500 and 2,000 people. Guayabo was abandoned before the arrival of the Spanish.
I can’t believe how they were able to build all these structures without horses, mules, or wheels to help them. The aqueducts were a really interesting feature of the water supply system. Some of the channels are underground while other parts are exposed to the world and many of them are still in use today!
