CONTENTS 



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Preface 5 



Introduction 7 



Historical accounts of Old Panama 7 



Descriptions of Old Panama 8 



Indian settlement of Malambo — 9 



The site 10 



Description 10 



Former investigations 12 



Method of present investigation 13 



Burial practices 14 



Burial urns 15 



Lids 16 



Decorated urns 16 



Painted urns 18 



Burial offerings 19 



Funerary votive ware 19 



Stonework 22 



Points 23 



Scrapers 24 



Celts 25 



Metates 28 



Ceramics 28 



Nature of the sample 28 



Size and shape of vessels 29 



Red ware 29 



Brown ware 32 



Painted wares 33 



Rimsherds 33 



Decorative techniques 35 



Design motifs 35 



Location 37 



Anthropomorphic effigies 37 



Incising 40 



Surface designs 40 



Relief modeling and applique 41 



Trade ware 41 



Secondary use of artifacts 42 



Spindle whorls 43 



Miscellaneous ceramic objects 44 



Classification 44 



Discussion 45 



Geographical distribution 45 



Contacts and migrations 46 



Chronology 48 



Interpretive summary 49 



Bibliography 50 



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