Tomb (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
A prepared, architecturally distinctive structure, normally sub-surface, often containing multiple interments. Use for features such as shaft tombs.
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This document describes the account of a visit to the Huacas in November of 1860.
Algarrobos_Laja_Path Shapefile (2010)
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 shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...
The Ancient Socioecological Systems in Oman (ASOM) Project
The Ancient Socioecological Systems in Oman (ASOM) project examined how the environment influences human territorial behavior in pastoral ecosystems as well as how territoriality in turn shapes the environment. ASOM came from a local Jebali-language term (ʾasὑm) for a type of stone monument used for burial and other purposes in antiquity (al-Shahri 1991: 184). We are an interdisciplinary group of scientists using archeological and ecological techniques to examine whether and how climate and...
Antiq_EarlyArch_Bateman Shapefile (2010)
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 shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...
Antiq_EarlyArch_Linne Shapefile (2010)
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 shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...
Antiq_EarlyArch_Osgood Shapefile (2010)
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 shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...
Antiq_EarlyArch_Wassen Shapefile (2010)
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 shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...
Appendix 1 (2008)
Appendix 1, a text document, presents the structure of the combined artifact and provenience databases of 19 variables. Note that lot number and special deposit number are common to both the artifact and provenience databases.
APPENDIX 10: Reconstruction of Tikal Caches Excavated Prior to 1956 (2008)
Appendix 10 is an incomplete draft of the reconstruction of Tikal caches excavated prior to 1956. It includes an inventory of all monuments known to have undergone excavation before 1956 and describes associated caches. Many bibliographic entries do not appear in the References section of this Report. Moholy-Nagy has added text in brackets. Present-day usage substitutes the term “chert” for Coe’s “flint” and “prismatic blade” for A. V. Kidder’s “flake-blade.”
APPENDIX 11: Typology and Description of Flint and Obsidian Eccentrics and Incised Obsidians (2008)
Appendix 11 is an incomplete draft of the typology and description of flint and obsidian eccentrics and incised obsidians. Objects included here are either representational or symbolic, figural, and non-figural, and are organized in this typology in three categories: Eccentric Flints, Eccentric Obsidians, and Incised Obsidians. Many bibliographic entries do not appear in the References section of this Report. Moholy-Nagy has added the texts in brackets. Present-day usage has substituted the...
APPENDIX 12: Typology and Description of Shell Charlie Chaplin Figurines (2008)
Appendix 12 is an incomplete draft of the typology and description of shell Charlie Chaplin figurines. These are anthropomorphic, small, usually of exteriorly worked Spondylus shell, with incising, notching, grooving and drilling the technical repertory. However, many are plain, that is, the human form is silhouetted. A total of 538 shell figurines exist in the Tikal collection. With very few exceptions (notably Burial 10) these occur in cached offerings. Shell figurines are an outstanding...
Appendix 14 (2008)
Appendix 14, presents all of the 246 figures referred to in TR. 27A. The figures listed in italics on the Figure list in the front matter of this volume are also printed in it, while the others appear only on the CD-ROM.
Appendix 2 (2008)
Appendix 2, a text document, provides the codes used for the artifact and provenience database variables.
Appendix 3 (2008)
Appendix 3, a text document derived from a relational database, gives the proveniences of all defined lots that produced material other than potsherds. This database is an updated version of Appendix C on the CD-ROM accompanying TR. 27B, and it includes proveniences of artifacts reported in that volume. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).
Appendix 4 (2008)
Appendix 4, a text document derived from a relational database, gives the proveniences of all lots defined as special deposits, that is, burials, caches, and problematical deposits. This database is an updated version of Appendix D on the CD-ROM accompanying TR. 27B, and it includes proveniences of artifacts reported in that volume. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).
Appendix 5 (2008)
Appendix 5, a text document derived from a relational database, lists all of the artifacts reported in TR. 27A ordered by catalogue number. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).
Appendix 6 (2008)
Appendix 6, PDF versions of excel spreadsheets, consists of tables generated from Appendix 5, which summarize artifact traits, proveniences, and dates for artifact types and varieties. These tables should be regarded as a sample of the informative associations that the reader can make. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).
Appendix 7 (2008)
Appendix 7, Excel spreadsheets and text documents generated from Excel spreadsheets, consists of charts summarizing counts of reported artifacts and objects by material category, special deposit typologies, proveniences, and dates, and species identifications of shells, other marine invertebrates, and fishes.
APPENDIX 8: Illustrations of artifacts from special deposits published in TR. 27, Parts A and B, and other Tikal Reports (2008)
Appendix 8, a text document, gives the figure references for artifacts from special deposits.
APPENDIX 9: Miscellaneous Texts Illustrated in TR. 27, Parts A and B. (2008)
Appendix 9, a text documents, lists the Miscellaneous Text numbers, artifact types, catalogue numbers, and figure references of texts found on artifacts other than pottery vessels. Texts on pottery vessels from special deposits are published in TR. 25A.
Archaeological fieldwork in Chiriquí (1936)
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...
The archaeological problem of Chiriqui (1935)
The purpose of this 1935 paper by Osgood is to present information concerning the archaeology of the province of Chiriqui, Panama, and to summarize from the point of view of the field-worker certain phases of then previous work (cerca 1935) in order that data necessary for developing new lines of inquiry is more readily available.
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama -- ArcMap Project Files
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
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...
The Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama -- Raster Files
This project organizes the rasters files from the the Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama project.