Sitio Conte

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Sitio Conte is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central Panama, renowned for its richly furnished elite burials and elaborate gold artifacts associated with the Gran Coclé culture.

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instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
pre-Columbian site ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance important for study of pre-Columbian goldworking in lower Central America ⓘ
important for study of social stratification in ancient Panama ⓘ
key reference site for Gran Coclé culture ⓘ
artStyle Gran Coclé polychrome ceramics ⓘ
zoomorphic gold iconography ⓘ
associatedCulture Gran Coclé culture ⓘ
burialType elite cemetery ⓘ
chronology roughly AD 450–900 ⓘ
contains bone artifacts ⓘ
ceramic vessels ⓘ
gold breastplates ⓘ
gold ear ornaments ⓘ
gold pectorals ⓘ
gold pendants ⓘ
multiple burial mounds ⓘ
shell ornaments ⓘ
stone artifacts ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
discoveredBy local residents ⓘ
documentedIn Samuel K. Lothrop’s publications on Coclé archaeology ⓘ
excavatedBy Harvard University ⓘ
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology ⓘ
Samuel K. Lothrop ⓘ
excavationStart 1930s ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf complex mortuary practices ⓘ
high-status individuals ⓘ
long-distance exchange networks ⓘ
heritageStatus important national archaeological heritage of Panama ⓘ
knownFor elaborate gold artifacts ⓘ
pre-Columbian metallurgy ⓘ
richly furnished elite burials ⓘ
locatedIn central Panama ⓘ
materialCulture polychrome pottery ⓘ
tumbaga (gold-copper alloy) objects ⓘ
partOf pre-Columbian cultural landscape of central Panama ⓘ
region Gran Coclé ⓘ
researchTopic chiefdom-level societies ⓘ
mortuary archaeology ⓘ
symbolism in pre-Columbian art ⓘ
siteFunction cemetery ⓘ
siteFunction ritual center ⓘ
threatenedBy looting ⓘ
timePeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ

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