The Indigenous Worldview of Water in the Isthmus of Panama

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Unraveling the Mysteries of the Isthmo-Colombian Area’s Past: A Symposium in Honor of Archaeologist Richard Cooke and His Contributions" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The rivers are natural limits to many cultures between the knowing and unknowing worlds. Also, they were the border between different territories and a fundamental element in establishing a settlement in a place or not. The names of the rivers are remains of these aspects. A historic-archaeological and ethnographic study of the river's toponomy provides an approach to the indigenous Panamanian worldview and deepens the colonialism process of the Isthmus.

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The Indigenous Worldview of Water in the Isthmus of Panama. Miriam Martos Nieto, Bethany Aram, Gonzalo Carlos Malvarez García. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 498480)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -92.153; min lat: -4.303 ; max long: -50.977; max lat: 18.313 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 39484.0