Note on the Aboriginal Races of the North-Western Provinces of South America
Part of the Archaeology of Highland Chiriqui, Panama -- Documents, Images, and Datasets project
Author(s): R White
Year: 1884
Summary
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.
Cite this Record
Note on the Aboriginal Races of the North-Western Provinces of South America. R White. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britian and Ireland. 13: 240-258. 1884 ( tDAR id: 4564) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8R78CVX
URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0959-5295%281884%2913%3C240%3ANOTARO%3E2.0.C...
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: -91.758; min lat: -4.303 ; max long: -56.602; max lat: 20.551 ;
File Information
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white_1884.pdf | 613.76kb | Oct 16, 2010 10:43:14 AM | Public |