Abstract
This article contextualizes the importance of semiotics on a general level next to Archaeology. It also uses semiotics as basis for the development of an interaction model in Costa Rica during the Formative Period (2.000-300 a.C) as a part of the Isthmo-Colombian Area. The model that it presents includes some elements that should be considered by those authors that perceive the Isthmo-Colombian Area as a cultural unit.
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