Sitio Conte, Panama
Located in central Panama, the Rio Grande de Coclé floods during the rainy season. In the early 20th century, the Conte family noticed that the shifting course of the river was exposing ancient burials on the river’s edge. In 1940, the Penn Museum excavated the now-famous Sitio Conte (Conte Site) and found archaeological evidence of a large cemetery including an impressive burial of a chief that had been buried with lots of gold and numerous other individuals. The evidence, although dating to the late 1st millennium CE, seemed to corroborate Spanish accounts of events and rituals surrounding the burial of powerful chiefs for the Quevi culture in the late 16th century CE.
- Object[682]
- no[682]
- american[682]
- 3D Model[1]
- animal tooth[67]
- base[1]
- base fragment[1]
- bone fragment[1]
- bottle[2]
- bowl[23]
- bowl fragment[23]
- bowl fragments[1]
- cache[1]
- canine tooth[1]
- carafe[92]
- censer[4]
- dish[4]
- double bowl[3]
- effigy[1]
- effigy bowl[4]
- effigy jar[3]
- effigy vessel[16]
- effigy vessel fragment[2]
- fiber[1]
- figurine fragment[1]
- fragment[2]
- jar[41]
- jar fragment[8]
- jug[1]
- mirror[2]
- neck sherd[44]
- pedestal[2]
- pedestal base[10]
- pedestal bowl[18]
- pedestal plate[5]
- plate[25]
- plate fragment[16]
- plate fragments[3]
- platter fragment[1]
- point[22]
- pot[8]
- pot fragment[3]
- powder[1]
- rim[5]
- rim sherd[3]
- rod[3]
- sample[7]
- seed[1]
- sherd[222]
- sherds[21]
- spout[1]
- spout fragment[1]
- spouted jar[8]
- spouted vessel[2]
- stone[1]
- stone fragment[8]
- tray[1]
- tripod bowl[3]
- tripod jar[1]
- tube[2]
- vase[1]
- vessel[23]
- vessel fragment[7]
- whistle[1]
- wood[1]
- panama[682]
- sitio conte[682]
- sitio conte[682]
- cocle[682]
- central american[682]
- burial 11[682]
- animal[1]
- animal head[6]
- human[3]
- human face[3]
- human leg[1]
- turtle[1]
- black ware[1]
- painted[3]
- polychrome[5]
- general reference[682]
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