Tomb (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
A prepared, architecturally distinctive structure, normally sub-surface, often containing multiple interments. Use for features such as shaft tombs.
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Dacite slabs from burials re-used as paving stones for pathways
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 54 - Dacite slabs from burials reuse 2 (2005)
Dacite slabs from burials re-used as paving stones for pathways
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 54 - Dacite slabs from burials reuse 3 (2005)
Dacite slabs and basalt columns re-used to line stairs
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 56 - Ngöbe woman with the Volcán (2010)
Ngöbe woman with the Volcán Barú behind her; Photo courtesy of Howard Hill and taken during a seminar taught by K. Holmberg
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 57 - Municipal seal of Boquete (2005)
Municipal seal of Boquete, Panama showing the Volcan Baru in the upper left portion and pre-Columbian artifacts in the lower right; photo by K. Holmberg
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 58 - Cave site near the Volcan Baru (2005)
Cave site near the Volcan Baru in Boquete, Panama
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 6 - National Museum of the American Indian - Chiriquí Gold Artifact (Catalog Number: 232150.000) (2010)
Chiriquí gold artifact. Courtesy, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Catalog Number: 232150.000)
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 7 - 1849 handbill/Ship Passage California Gold Rush (1849)
An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush advertising ship passage between New York and California; Wikimedia Commons.
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 8 - Map of Museums with Artifact Collections (2010)
Map of Chiriquí in relation to some of the major museum collection locations
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 9 - 1910 -1912 Letters Tiffany & Co. Dated to Walters Museum MD (1 of 4) (1910)
Letter from Tiffany & Co. Dated Dec. 29th 1910. From WJF of Tiffany & Co. Letter was to Henry Walters, ESQ. The letter details what price Tiffany & Co. would sell "gold ornaments ... that were purchased from Indians that had been dug up from ancient graveyards" that were discovered in 1910. The graveyards were located in Panama and the boundary line of Costa Lion.
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Homberg FIG 1 - 1640 Tierra Firma Map (1640)
Tierra Firma map (1640). © the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota. From Laet, Joannes de. L’histoire du Nouveau Monde ou description des Indes Occidentales, contenant dix huit livres. Leyden, Bonaventure & Abrahm Elseuiers, 1640.
Archeological Progress Report No. 8, Field Season of 1963 (1963)
This is the eighth in a series of reports presented to provide a resume of current archeological work within the Missouri River Basin. During the summer of 1963 there were twenty-one field parties, representing one Federal and six State agencies, working in the Missouri Basin under the aegis of the Inter-Agency Archeological Salvage Program. A further breakdown shows that the Missouri Basin Project of the Smithsonian Institution, had twelve field parties working in reservoirs and proposed canal...
Archeological Progress Report No. 9, Field Season of 1964 (1964)
This is the ninth in a series of reports presented to provide a summary of current field activities within the Missouri River Basin. Twenty-three field parties, representing one federal and seven state agencies, participated in the Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program within the Missouri Basin during the summer of 1964. Fourteen parties were fielded by the Missouri Basin Project of the Smithsonian Institution. Eleven of these worked within the Oahe, Big Bend, and Fort Randall reservoirs...
Arrival of the North Star: Interesting From New Granda: Revolution in Carthagena: The Chiriqui Gold Discoveries: Later from California and Oregon (1859)
This Newspaper clipping from August 12, 1859 discribes the Chiriqui gold discoveries in Panama and the arrival of the steamship the "North Star."
Arrival of the Star of the West: News from California and Central America: $1,863,601 in Treasure (1859)
This newspaper article dates August 12, 1859 and describes "The Grave-Digging Excitement at Chiriqui, the Collins Steamers, and the Business of the Panama Railroad."
The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal Report 27A (2008)
TR27A reports upon goods used as markers of social status and goods used in ritual. It describes the splendid ornaments and insignia of jade, shell, pearls, and inscribed bone shown in representations on monuments and pottery vessels and recovered from the burials of Tikal's elites. Each artifact is described in the text, tabulated, and richly illustrated with drawings and photographs. An accompanying CD-ROM includes updated databases for all recovered objects, enabling the reader to discover...
The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal, Report 27A
TR27A reports upon goods used as markers of social status and goods used in ritual. It describes the splendid ornaments and insignia of jade, shell, pearls, and inscribed bone shown in representations on monuments and pottery vessels and recovered from the burials of Tikal's elites. Each artifact is described in the text, tabulated, and richly illustrated with drawings and photographs. An accompanying CD-ROM includes updated databases for all recovered objects, enabling the reader to discover...
ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 1 (August 11, 2014) (2014)
Weekly Report 1 encompasses July 20, 2014 to August 10, 2014. Also included are Incident Reports SHI 14-001, SHI 14-002, SHI 14-003, SHI 14-004, SHI 14-005, and SHI 14-006. This report contains a Heritage Timeline describing events involving the destruction of heritage sites in Syria. During the reporting period, Islamic State (IS formerly ISIS or ISIL) made substantial territorial gains in northern Syria and northern Iraq and continued to exert pressure on Baghdad and the Aleppo-Damascus...
ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria - Weekly Report 2 (August 18, 2014) (2014)
Weekly Report 2 encompasses August 10, 2014 to August 16, 2014. Also included are Incident Reports SHI 14-004, SHI 14-006, SHI 14-016, SHI 14-017, and SHI 14-018. This report contains a Heritage Timeline describing events involving the destruction of heritage sites in Syria. Generally, current military operations and terrorist activity revolves around control of border crossings with Turkey, Lebanon, and western Iraq and command of the Damascus-‐Aleppo (M5) and Aleppo-‐Raqqa (M15/M4)...
ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative (SHI): Planning for Safeguarding Heritage Sites in Syria, Weekly Reports
The ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives (CHI) is an international, collaborative effort to respond to the destruction of cultural heritage in Syria and northern Iraq. Since its inception in July 2014, one of ASOR CHI’s main activities has been intensive monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding (MRF) to help address the challenges of the cultural heritage crises unfolding in Syria and northern Iraq. The resources found here are part of the ASOR CHI’s Weekly Report Series.
Ayia Irini Ceramics: Photographs (2011)
These images show the individual sherds analyzed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Photographs were taken at LBNL and scanned by the Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR. Individual files were named according to the official catalog numbers of each image assigned by the Graphic Arts Department at LBNL.
Ballas Ceramics: Photographs (2011)
These images show the individual sherds analyzed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Photographs were taken at LBNL and scanned by the Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR. Individual files were named according to the official catalog numbers of each image assigned by the Graphic Arts Department at LBNL.
Banderas Bay, Nayarit Report (1972)
The purpose of this report is to investigate the area of Punta de Mita, "Place of the Arrows," located on the southern fringe of the coast of Nayarit, below the 21st parallel. It is believed that this vicinity, which forms the northern fringe of Banderas Bay, may contain remains of a culture that had a direct relationship with Casas Grandes prior to A.D. 1060. This supposition is, in part, based upon the fact that this is the restricted habitat of the molluscan species, Persicula Bandera Coan...
Barutif Raster (2010)
The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This raster is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the raster file opens...
Basalt Least Cost Path Final Map (2010)
The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This final map project is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. The files contained in this record include an .mxd map project and an image of the...