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The formative period in Costa Rica (2000–300 BC) refers to the consolidation of agricultural practices, the appearance of pottery, and the beginning of a village lifestyle. In this context, ceramics are of interest as they lack fundamental surveys with analytical techniques to understand the relations among the ceramic complexes and their technology. Eighty-one ceramic samples from three complexes...