Bocas del Toro (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

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An Account of a Visit to the Huacas, or Ancient Grave Yards of Chiriqui (1860)

DOCUMENT Full-Text J Bateman.

This document describes the account of a visit to the Huacas in November of 1860.

The Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama -- ArcMap Project Files

PROJECT Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

This project organizes the ArcMap project files (.mxd) associated with the the Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama project. The shapefiles and raster files associated with these maps are located in The Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama -- Shapefiles and Raster files project. These maps are part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and...

The Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama -- Documents, Images, and Datasets

PROJECT Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Archaeology is defined by its grounding in material objects; without contextual elements of space and place, however, material culture is devoid of much of its meaning and archaeological information. This article focuses upon pre-Columbian objects – including gold, ceramics, and stone artefacts - from a small, localized area of the Chiriquí region of western Panamá in the context of the volcanic landscape. The discussion is intended as a provocative introduction to the archaeology of highland...

Basalt Least Cost Path Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

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...

Basalt Least Cost Path Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

The ceiling of the Santos Palace in Lisbon and its Importance as a Historical Document. (2021)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda R. Pomper.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. An interesting assemblage of Chinese ceramics from the 16th and 17th century has been found in Panama. Many can be compared to pieces on the ceiling of a small dining room of the Santos Palace in Lisbon, which is now the French Embassy. There are 263 plates and 96 dishes, fastened by iron nails which had been made into...

Culture Areas Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

Dacite Slab Least Cost Path Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

Early Systematic Looted Systematic Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

Golden relics from Chiriqui. A paper read before the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia on Thursday October 5 (1867)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alfred Taylor.

This article describes the artifacts that where exhibited at the The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society meeting on Oct. 5, 1867. The artifacts were excavated in 1859 from numerous huacas or burying grounds in the province of Chiriqui, Panama.

KH Sites Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

The Nautilus Exploring Party (1859)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Shelby Manney

This document is a newspaper clipping from December 10th 1859 that describes several explorers aboard the schooner the "Nautilus." These explorers went to investigate the "gold deposits" that were found in the "Indian" graves in Chiriqui.

Note sur les sepultares indiennes du department de Chiriquí, Panamá (1866)

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. De Zeltner.

This article is in Spanish and describes the tombs in Chiriqui, Panama

On the ancient Indian tombs of Chiriqui in Veragua (southwest of Panama), on the Isthmus of Darien (1863)

DOCUMENT Full-Text William. Bollaert.

This article covers the last findings from Columbus last voyage to Vareguas and the findings of the middle late 1800's when this article was written. Although the article centers around the mortuary artifacts and practices, there is a far amount of historical and geographical information about the region both during the time of the authors investigation and from Columbus's encounter with the region.

Petroglyph Concentration Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

Quarry Locations Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

Some archaeological observations from Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama (1949)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Henry Wassén.

This 1949 article by Wassen describes the authors expedition to Panama and Columbia in 1947 on behalf of the Gothenburg Ethnographic Museum. He carried out a small archaeological investigation in Boquete Chiriqui, manly of surface collections found at the then Elliot recreation resort.

Use Areas Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

World Museum Map Final Map (2010)

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.