Talk:Stone spheres of Costa Rica

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These spheres are the topic of a Discovery HD show.

Stone Spheres of Costa Rica Unrelated to Concretions and Megaspherulites

I removed the reference to Concretions, Martian spherules, Moeraki Boulders, and Moqui marbles because the artificial nature of the Stone spheres of Costa Rica is well known as documented in their Wikipedia page, the publications mentioned in its text, and the web pages in its external links section. Being man-made, they are completely unrelated in origin to stone spheres of natural origin, such as, (1.) concretions, i,e, either Martian spherules, Moeraki Boulders, or Moqui marbles and (2.) megaspherulites, i.e. the stone balls of Cerro Piedras Bola of Jalisco, Mexico. The stone spheres of Costa Rica are related to man-made stone balls such as lapidary spheres, stone round shot (cannonballs), and the Carved Stone Balls of Scotland and have nothing to do with spherical and semi-spherical objects of natural origin. Thus, the links to concretions, Moeraki Boulders, and Moqui Marbles lack any relevance to a discussion of the stone spheres of Costa Rica and only confuse the difference between natural and artificial stone spheres / stone balls in people's mind.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul H. (talk • contribs) May 20, 2007 11:59 (UTC)

So... What are they for?

Seems like the article could use a section exploring some of the theories about WHY these people expended what must have been considerable labor in the stone age to produce all these spheres. Was there some practical use for them? Were they art? Did they have religious and/or astronomical significance? Was life so easy for these people that they just had a lot of time on their hands and nothing better to do with it?

Right now, the article is the equivalent of an article on the Egyptian pyramids which discusses their shape, size, and composition -- and makes no mention of the fact that they were intended as tombs for the Pharaohs.

Why "Paranormal"?=

Why does this project fall under the auspices of "WikiProject Paranormal"? There doesn't seem to be anything "paranormal" about these very real stone spheres. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.92.174.105 (talk) 21:53, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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Las Bolas? Really?

I was talking to some Tico guys today after a kayak trip, and I mentioned the spherical stones of Palmar Sur. I said they were known as Las Bolas by the locals. The guys could NOT believe I had said that because "bolas" are a slang word for testicles, and no one, they told me, would use it in casual conversation. Are we sure that Las Bolas is correct?

Chuck — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chuckhawley (talk • contribs) 23:26, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

I am Costa Rican, informally we used the term "Bolas de Piedra" or stone balls. Just "bolas" when you are joking. I just edited the article to fix it. Cheers--Mariordo (talk) 22:48, 17 January 2020 (UTC)