Shell (Material Keyword)

Modified or unmodified objects made from mollusc shell.

1,401-1,425 (7,413 Records)

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.


Archaeology of Honey Springs, San Diego County (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul G. Chace. Janet Hightower. David C. Burkenroad. Don Laylander. Rebecca McCorkle.

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 National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R 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 at comments@tdar.org.


The Archaeology of Joshua Tree National Park
PROJECT Uploaded by: Sophia Kelly

WACC reports that summarize archaeological survey and excavation in Joshua Tree National Park (formerly Joshua Tree National Monument).


The Archaeology of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
PROJECT Uploaded by: Joshua Watts

WACC reports on survey and excavation projects at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawaii.


The Archaeology of Lewis-Weber Site
PROJECT Uploaded by: Sophia Kelly

This WACC report details the archaeological excavations conducted on the Lewis-Weber homestead.


The Archaeology of Nelson Basin and Adjacent Areas, Fort Irwin, San Bernardino County, CA (1993)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark E. Basgall. D. Jones. L. Glover. M. C. Hall. C. Hunter. T. Origer. M. Waters. P. Bouey. B. Wickstrom. T. Jackson.

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 National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R 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 at comments@tdar.org.


The Archaeology of Newberry Cave, San Bernardino County, Newberry, California (1957)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Gerald A. Smith. Walter C. Schuiling. Lloyd Martin. Ritner J. Sayles. Pauline Jillson.

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 National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R 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 at comments@tdar.org.


The Archaeology of Organ Pipe National Monument
PROJECT Uploaded by: Joshua Watts

WACC reports associated with survey and excavation projects at the Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona.


The Archaeology of Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina
PROJECT Uploaded by: Meg Moughan

Four reports on date recovery investigations undertaken by Brockington and Associates, Inc., at Palmetto Bluff, near Beaufort, South Carolina. Investigations at sites 38BU1768, 38BU1789, 38BU1791, 38BU1788, and 38BU1804 occurred between 2002 and 2004.


The Archaeology of Petrified Forest National Park
PROJECT Uploaded by: Sophia Kelly

WACC reports on survey and excavation projects within the boundaries of the Petrified Forest National Park.