The new gold discoveries on the Isthmus of Panama
Part of the Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama -- Documents, Images, and Datasets project
Author(s): Fessenden Otis
Year: 1859
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.
Cite this Record
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
Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Bribrí
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Chibchan
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Chiriquí
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columbian
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Concepción Phase
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pre-columbian
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Tropical Forest Archaic
Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Fauna
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Ground Stone
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Human Remains
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Macrobotanical
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Metal
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Mineral
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Shell
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Wood
Site Name
Barú
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Bugaba
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Bugavita
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highland Chiriquí
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Burial Pit
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Cemetery
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Isolated Burial
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Non-Domestic Structures
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Rock Art
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Settlements
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Tomb
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Water-Related
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Architectural Survey
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Collections Research
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Ethnoarchaelogical
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Ethnography
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Ethnohistorical
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Historical
Geographic Keywords
Barú region
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Barú volcano
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Bay of Chiriquí
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Boquete
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Boruca
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Castilla de Oro
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Chiriquí
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Chiriquí Province
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City of David
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City of Gold
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Isthmus of Panamá
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Mesoamerica
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New World
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Pacific Ocean
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Panama
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Panamá City
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Santiago de Veraguas
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Talamanca Cordillera
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Terraba
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Tierra Firma
Temporal Keywords
1500's
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16th Century
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1700's
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18th Century
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19th Century
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Aguas Buenas Period
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Bugaba Period
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Chiriquí Phases
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Colonial Period
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columbian
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Concepción Phase
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Eighteenth century
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Late Bugaba Phase
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New World
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Nineteenth Century
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pre-Columbian
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sixteenth century
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Tropical Forest Archaic
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 ;
File Information
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