Colonial Period (Temporal Keyword)
26-50 (52 Records)
This file contains all relevent datasets (in multiple sheets) for the Chiriqui, Panama Project.
The Lower Verde Archaeological Project
The Lower Verde Archaeological Project (LVAP) was a four-year data recovery project conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI) in the lower Verde River region of central Arizona. The project was designed to mitigate any adverse effects to cultural resources from modifications to Horseshoe and Bartlett Dams. The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Project’s Office sponsored the research program in compliance with historic preservation legislation. The LVAP’s...
The Middle Gila Basin: An Archaeological and Historical Overview (1982)
The Central Arizona Project (CAP) , Indian Distribution Division (IDD) is designed to deliver allocated CAP water to Indian users. The Middle Gila Basin Overview is the initial cultural resources planning study for the system. It summarizes and evaluates the extant data in an area 3,570 square miles (9,139 sq km) large, centered on the Gila River. The data suggests that archaeological sites in this area are numerous and varied, but most of all poorly-studied despite 100 years of research. A...
Mitigation Plan for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct (1979)
In 1978, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) directed the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) to complete an intensive archaeological survey of the proposed alignment for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, a feature of the Central Arizona Project. The survey area was 11,115 acres and included the 60 mile-long transmission line (with a typical width of 200 meters), three proposed utility line locations, one flood retention dike location, 11 possible spoil or realignment areas, and a subsidence well....
The Nautilus Exploring Party (1859)
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.
The new gold discoveries on the Isthmus of Panama (1859)
This 1859 newspaper article briefly describes the then new findings in Chiriqui. It concentrates on the gold figurines and artifacts presumably looted from graves.
New route through Chiriqui (1861)
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.
New-Granada: The Chiriqui Diggings Completed (1859)
This newspaper clipping from 1859 briefly describes what was found in Chiriqui and the estimated dollar amount.
Note on Stone Celts, From Chiriqui. (1863)
This article describes the five stone "celts" that were submitted to Charles Blake in 1860 from the collections of antiquarian objects from Chiriqui. These objects were obtained from the graves in the area. These "celts' exhibit what the author calls a "well-known" scalpriform sharpening. Four of the celts are composed of "porphyritic" stone and the fifth celt is made of "indurated" clay.
Note on the Aboriginal Races of the North-Western Provinces of South America (1884)
This 1884 article by White refers to a strip of country about 600 miles in length and 250 miles in width on the west of the pacific ocean. The author describes his interpretation of the cultures and provides regional/locational differences. He also describes past and present burial rituals and techniques.
Note on the Archaeology of Chiriqui (1913)
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.
Note sur les sepultares indiennes du department de Chiriquí, Panamá (1866)
This article is in Spanish and describes the tombs in Chiriqui, Panama
The Pacific Coast: Arrival of the Northern Light: Four Days from the Isthmus of Panama: The Chiriqui Gold Fever: Rush of the Population for the Indian Burial-Places: Two Weeks Later From South America (1859)
This August 12, 1989 newspaper article covers the Chiriqui Gold Fields and the intense excitement that created a rush of gold hunters to Panama. It also covers news from Puru, South America, and Chilli.
The Politics of Commerce: Aztec Pottery Production and Exchange in the Basin of Mexico, A.D. 1200-1650 (2006)
The relationships between market and political institutions have varied in different times and places, but no market system was (or is) devoid of political involvement. The contrasting approaches of the Aztec empire and Spanish colonial regime to the Basin of Mexico market system are instructive about the ways that commercial agents (producers, traders) respond to “top-down” pressures from state elites to steer and direct the commercial economy to their political advantage. The results of this...
Recent Research On Tucson Basin Prehistory: Proceedings of the Second Tucson Basin Conference (1988)
The study of Tucson’s prehistory has been pursued with an unprecedented intensity in recent years, and it seemed essential that the new results that were emerging be shared on a broader basis. This volume is the outcome of papers prepared for the Second Tucson Basin Conference in conjunction with the 1986 fall meeting of the Arizona Archaeological Council.
Report on the Huacals or Ancient Graveyards of Chiriqui (1860)
Describes an 1858 Discovery by two Spanish creole farmers in Chirique of a cash of golden artifacts and eventually a graveyard. The two excavated the artifacts without being discovered until May of 1859. After they were discovered thousands of people looted the graveyard located in Huscal (25 miles from the current city of David). Thousands of pounds of gold were reportedly taken from the gravesite. This document also contains bulletins from the subsequent meetings.
A Research Design for Tucson Aqueduct, Phase B Data Recovery (1986)
In 1985, the Bureau of Reclamation directed the Cultural Resource Management Division of the Arizona State Museum to develop a research design for data recovery at 15 selected archaeological sites along the Phase B alignment of the Tucson Aqueduct portion of the Central Arizona Project. Phase B included Reaches 4, 5, and 6 of the alignment. The sample included five Hohokam settlement sites: Fastimes (AZ AA:12:384 [ASM]), Waterworld (AZ AA:16:94[ASM]), AZ AA:16:97(ASM), AA:16:104(ASM), and...
A Sample Survey: Cultural Resources On Potential Agricultural Development Lands On the Gila River Indian Reservation (1984)
In 1982, Northland Research, Inc. performed a small fraction sample survey of potential agricultural development lands on the Gila River Indian Reservation. The sample was selected probabilistically. Results suggest that, within the probability limits of the sampling design, as much as 59,687 ± 21,272 acres of land within the 296,320 acre target area could contain significant archaeological remains requiring attention in any future development plan. In addition, it was possible to calculate...
Schooner Nautilus at Chiriqui (1859)
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.
Settlement, Subsistence, and Specialization In the Northern Periphery: The Waddell Project. Vols. 1 and 2 (1989)
Under the sponsorship of the Bureau of Reclamation, the New Waddell Dam Borrow Areas Mitigative Data Recovery Project, more simply known as the Waddell Project, performed data recovery at 17 sites in the vicinity of Lake Pleasant, Arizona. Supplemental surveys conducted under the same contract added two sites to the inventory slated for investigation. The project area, composed of multiple survey areas, was spread across two drainages, the Agua Fria and New River, in what is considered the...
Shaping Space: Built Space, Landscape, and Cosmology in Four Regions (2010)
In this article, the authors seek to understand cosmological expressions in architecture and the built landscape in Mesoamerica, Northern Mexico, the US Southwest, and the US Southeast.
Some archaeological observations from Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama (1949)
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.
A Study of Chiriquian Antiquities. Vol. 3 (1911)
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...
Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 14: Prehistoric Settlement and Demography in the Lower Verde Region (1997)
In Chapter 14, Ciolek-Torello presents one of the first full syntheses of indigenous settlement and demographic patterns in the Verde Valley, without reference to interaction in the Hohokam core area. He begins with a summary of prehistoric settlement patterns from pre-ceramic periods through the Late Classic period across the entire Transition Zone of central Arizona. He then characterizes settlement systems in the lower Verde Valley through time and describes the archaeological sites and...
Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 18: Research Design Revisited: Processual Issues in the Prehistory of the Lower Verde Valley (1997)
Chapter 18 provides a summary of the LVAP’s research themes and offers an overview of the research results. Ciolek-Torello synthesizes the chronology and cultural sequence of the lower Verde Valley. He places this sequence and its cultural developments in the context of other cultural sequences in central and southern Arizona. Whittlesey then summarizes the argument for an indigenous cultural tradition in the Transition Zone of central Arizona, one with roots in Mogollon prehistory and with...