- Bella Vista-La Creta
Panama - 507 67477034
carlos mayo
University of Santiago de Compostela, Prehistory, Department Member
- Archaeology and Art History, Analysis of Pigments on Ancient Artifacts, Pottery technology and function, Prehistory, Art History, Arqueología, and 12 moreArqueología Precolombina Del Sur De Centroamérica, Pottery Ethnoarchaeology, Native American Studies, Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Archaeometry, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Archaeological Science, Andean Archaeology, Social Archaeology, and Craft production (Archaeology)edit
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El Caño site is situated on the Pacific side of Panamá, near the Río Grande. It’s a funerary complex comprising different types of structures (stone structures –basalt columns, groups of sculptures and a causeway-; earthen mounds and... more
El Caño site is situated on the Pacific side of Panamá, near the Río Grande. It’s a funerary complex comprising different types of structures (stone structures –basalt columns, groups of sculptures and a causeway-; earthen mounds and canals; burials).The excavations supervised by Julia Mayo between 2008 and 2011 allowed to discover several lavish burials estimated to date between 700 and 1000 AD (Mayo & Mayo 2012). The data recovered has served as source of information for the pre-Columbian chiefdoms and their mortuary practices. There was carried out a detailed taphonomic study to register the complex formation processes of these burial deposits, and the significant post-depositional transformations (anthropogenic and natural processes) (Mayo & Mayo in press). Also during the excavations were recovered archaeobotanical samples; most of them charcoals.