Republic of Panama (Country) (Geographic Keyword)

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The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 45 - 2000-2005 excavation photo/Ceramic sherd (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

Ceramic sherd found near the KOT-F grave


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 46 - 2000-2005 excavation photo/Ceramic whistle found (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

Ceramic whistle found near the KOT-F grave


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 47 - 2000-2005 excavation photo/Zoomorphic ceramic vessel (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

Zoomorphic ceramic vessel found near the KOT-F grave


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 48 - Map of the quarry locations quarry site 1 (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

Map of the quarry locations for the basalt columns and dacite slabs in relation to the BE-16-KH KOT cemetery with least-cost paths (by slope).


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 49 - Photo The basalt column quarry site 2 (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

The basalt column quarry site  in Boquete, Panamá  


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 5 - National Museum of the American Indian - Chiriquí Gold Artifact (Catalog Number: 034878.000) (2010)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

Chiriquí gold artifact. Courtesy, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Catalog Number: 034878.000)


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 50 - Photo The basalt column quarry site 3 (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

The basalt column quarry site  in Boquete, Panamá  Again, each to be numbered separately


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 51 - Photo The basalt column quarry site 4 (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

The basalt column quarry site  in Boquete, Panamá  Again, each to be numbered separately


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 52 - The basalt column quarry site 4 (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

Dacite slabs from burials re-used for washing dishes


The Archaeology of Highland Chiriquí Panama: Holmberg FIG 53 - Dacite slabs from burials reuse 1 (2005)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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)
IMAGE Karen Holmberg.

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.


An Archaeology of Hope: How the Past Informs Indigenous Futures in the Southern Amazon’s “Arc of Deforestation" (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Heckenberger.

This is an abstract from the "Archaeology in the Xingu River Basin: Long-Term Histories, Current Threats, and Future Perspectives" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Two decades of relentless agropastoral development has reduced the closed tropical forests to small patches in most of northern Mato Grosso, within the so-called “arc of deforestation” along the southern margins of the Amazon’s closed tropical forests. There are larger blocks in two...


The Archaeology of Indigenous-European Interaction at LaSoye 2, Dominica, a Sixteenth- to Eighteenth-Century Trading Settlement (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Diane Wallman. Mark Hauser. Douglas Armstrong. Kenneth Kelly.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 2017, storm surges from Hurricane Maria exposed evidence of an early European colonial settlement on the Caribbean island nation of Dominica. Subsequent survey and testing established the site as a trading settlement, dating from the sixteenth until eighteenth century, a period of dynamic change in the Caribbean. The site is located on the coastline of an...


Archaeology of Luatele Crater: Ritual and Prestige of the Tuimanu'a, Ta'u Island, American Samoa (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Joel Klenck. Mohammed Sahib. Epifania Suafo'a Taua'i.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. An archaeological survey covering 50 acres was conducted in and around Luatele or Judds Crater, an extinct volcano, on Taʻu Island, Manuʻa District, American Samoa. The project identified 24 precontact sites comprising 101 archaeological features and a 142 m cave associated with the Samoan legend of Vaatausili. These features include star mounds, oval boulder...


The Archaeology of Public Health and Food Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kyra Smith.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Colonialism has had significant influences on lifeways across the South Pacific, including health and diet in the past and today. Colonially introduced diets have caused a loss of traditional food practices, created cultural power dynamics, and have led to contemporary public health issues. These colonial legacies not only have continued impacts on the...


Archaeology of Religion in Nicaragua (2017)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Monica Briseno.

This past summer I was given the opportunity to participate in an archaeology field school conducted in the country of Nicaragua. For the past 15 years, archaeologists have excavated sites along the shore of Lake Cocibolca in search for Mexican colonization. During my participation in the field school, we continued this quest through investigations at the site of El Rayo, the most significant site for studying the potential impact of outsiders on indigenous cultural traditions. The core...