Trade, Exchange, Production and Consumption at Sitio Drago, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Summary

Sitio Drago is a large (18 ha) pre-Columbian settlement strategically located on the NW corner of Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama. Prior to the 21st Century Bocas del Toro had been characterized as recently colonized, poorly populated, having a relatively low degree of sociopolitical elaboration and isolated. Continuing research over the last 10 years on Isla Colon, focusing on Sitio Drago, illustrates that the site and by extension, the region, has a much longer population history, a broader resource base, greater socio-political complexity and more extensive connections to lower Central America (Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua) than previously believed. Evidence pertaining to colonization, diet, and external connections is presented and discussed in relation to other "culture areas" of lower Central America.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Trade, exchange, production and consumption in pre-Columbian and colonial Lower Central America (Panama Nicaragua and Costa Rica)

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