The new gold discoveries on the Isthmus of Panama

Summary

This 1859 newspaper article briefly describes the then new findings in Chiriqui. It concentrates on the gold figurines and artifacts presumably looted from graves.

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The new gold discoveries on the Isthmus of Panama. Fessenden Otis. Harper's Weekly. 3 (136): 499-500. 1859 ( tDAR id: 4561) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8Z89B2P

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Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -4600 to 1500

Radiocarbon Date: 680 to 600

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.62; min lat: 8.124 ; max long: -81.867; max lat: 8.654 ;

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