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DOCUMENT Full-Text J Bateman.

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

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sigvald Linné.

This is a 1936 article talks about the number of artifacts that are housed in American (US) museums and the overwhelming number that are in private collection. One of the arguments is that the archaeological exploration of the area has little to do with learning about culture and had more (if not entirely) to do with the gold in the area. Evidence of that can be seen in the name that the area became known as "Castilla del Oro." The unfortunate thing is that literature, especially academic...

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...

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This Newspaper clipping from August 12, 1859 discribes the Chiriqui gold discoveries in Panama and the arrival of the steamship the "North Star."

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...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Monika I. Therrien.

The Spanish settlement of Santafe de Bogota is examined from a basic standpoint, that of the concept of corography introduced by the Spanish Monarchy as a means to gain control of the ever expanding Empire. Corography became the instrument through which Spaniards came to recognize the new environment and the people that inhabited it, but always from their own point of view. In this ongoing project, the concept is reintroduced through the analysis of material culture evidences (geological,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda Cheetham. Ann Woods.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Henry. James Parker. William Bollaert.

This document contains the 840 page January to June 1860 edition of the "Gentlemens Magizine." For this project the section used was: "Account of the recent discovery of Indian tombs, containing figures in gold and pottery, in Chiriqui, near Panamá," in The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, vol. 8 (208), January-June. Edited by S. Urban, pp. 45-47. London: John Henry and James Parker.

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.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Juan Martin. Frederick H. Hanselmann. Christopher Horrell. Jose Espinosa.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Plus Ultra: An examination of current research in Spanish Colonial/Iberian Underwater and Terrestrial Archaeology in the Western Hemisphere." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The War of Jenkins’ Ear, or the Guerra del Asiento, took place from 1739 – 1748, with major operations ended by 1742. The largest action of the war took place at Cartagena de Indias, one of Spain’s principal ports through which all gold...

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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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Meagher.

Public Domain Article: Chronicles his first hand account of an expedition to Chiriqui in the 1850's (spans almost the entire decade). This magazine article provides a good first hand account, more as an ethnohistorical piece, in a fantastical adventuristic tone.

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This newspaper clipping from 1859 briefly describes what was found in Chiriqui and the estimated dollar amount.

DOCUMENT Full-Text George MacCurdy.

This brief 1913 article argues that the "...faunal environment of a given region is apt to be reflected in its primitive art, especially when the art is primarily of local origin." The region of interest is Chiriqui Panama. The author, George MacCurdy, describes the animal forms of the ceramic art found in the region to illustrate his argument.

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. De Zeltner.

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

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.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter W Stahl.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

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This November 12, 1859 newspaper clipping briefly describes the journey and good moral on board. The are also come brief comments about the nice climate of Panama.

DOCUMENT Full-Text George MacCurdy.

Chirqui Antiquities: This Volume includes an excellent early description of the artifacts (as well as the classification and 1911 assigned date [this may have changed in current understandings due to developments in dating techniques]). The book also has an extremely large collection of pictures, maps, a detailed information of the figures and artifacts excavated until 1911 in this this region. There is also an introduction to the region that includes a history of both culture and excavation...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Julie K. Wesp. Felipe Gaitan. Jimena Lobo Guerrero. Chelsi Slotten.

 This paper offers an overview of the exceptional collection of archaeological and bioarchaeological data recently recovered in salvage excavations carried out during the restoration of the San Ignacio Jesuit church in Bogotá, Colombia –one  of the most important monuments erected in the Spanish colonial province of New Granada. The archaeological record documented in San Ignacio encapsulates over four centuries of domestic, funerary, spiritual, and bodily practices that speak to complex...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Felipe Gaitan.

Set in the World Heritage site of Old Panama (1519–1671), the House of the Genoese Slavery Memorial project brings together the lessons of over a decade of archaeological and archival research focusing on the ruins of one of the largest centers of human trafficking to have operated in Spanish America in the late 1600s. Building upon a growing body of literature addressing phenomenological approaches in archaeology and museum studies, this paper explores how an object-based reenactment of what...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Monika I. Therrien.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology of Cities: Unearthing Complexity in Urban Landscapes", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Water is undoubtedly an essential element for human life. In cities, it creates and configures an infrastructure that involves nature, networks, materials, discourses, and trades, for its use and disposal. This conference will approach the analysis of the archaeological landscape constituted by the...