Gold-Hunters in Chiriqui
Part of the Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama -- Documents, Images, and Datasets project
Year: 1859
Summary
The 1859 newspaper article describes the arrival in Chiriqui of two explorers and chronicles the "trilling" story of their explorations in the region. This article also compares the gold fever that was experienced during the California Gold rush to the gold rush in Chiriqui--"alleged discovery of Second California."
Cite this Record
Gold-Hunters in Chiriqui. The New York Times. 1859 ( tDAR id: 4313) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8ZW1JWV
URL: www.nytimes.com
Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Bribrí
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Chibchan
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Chiriquí
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columbian
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Concepción Phase
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pre-columbian
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Tropical Forest Archaic
Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Fauna
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Ground Stone
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Human Remains
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Macrobotanical
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Metal
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Mineral
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Shell
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Wood
Site Name
Barú
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Bugaba
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Bugavita
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highland Chiriquí
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Burial Pit
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Cemetery
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Isolated Burial
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Non-Domestic Structures
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Rock Art
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Settlements
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Tomb
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Water-Related
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Architectural Survey
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Collections Research
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Ethnoarchaelogical
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Ethnography
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Ethnohistorical
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Historical
Temporal Keywords
1500's
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16th Century
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1700's
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18th Century
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19th Century
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Aguas Buenas Period
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Bugaba Period
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Chiriquí Phases
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Colonial Period
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columbian
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Concepción Phase
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Eighteenth century
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Late Bugaba Phase
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New World
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Nineteenth Century
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pre-Columbian
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sixteenth century
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Tropical Forest Archaic
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: -4600 to 1500
Radiocarbon Date: 680 to 600
Spatial Coverage
min long: -81.914; min lat: 7.014 ; max long: -79.102; max lat: 9.796 ;
File Information
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a1859d.pdf | 356.53kb | Oct 16, 2010 10:43:14 AM | Public |