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The University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives presents the archaeological records of the Museum's 1940 expedition to Sitio Conte, Panama. The excavation uncovered a Pre-Columbian cemetery dating to ca. AD 450-900, containing fabulous goldwork and beautiful painted pottery. This web site allows you access to these artifacts as well as all the field notes, letters, and photographs. For introductory material and a description of the collection please read the following pages. To go directly to the scanned documents and photographs, click on "Container List" on the navigation bar, and then on the relevant group of records.
Alessandro Pezzati Processed by Alessandro Pezzati, Douglas M. Haller, Sonia Bazán, and Kevin Wiley Date Completed 1999 Web Site by Alessandro Pezzati, Brad Bentz, Heather Campbell, and Kevin Danti. Scanning by Brad Bentz, Kevin Danti, and Terence Brennan Funding Grant from the National Science Foundation Descriptive
Summary Sitio Conte, Panama, 1940 Creator J. Alden Mason, Curator, American Section Extent 1.5 linear feet Repository University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives Abstract Correspondence, field notes, photographs, and maps from archaeological excavation of the Pre-Columbian (AD 450-900) cemetery site of Sitio Conte, Panama conducted in the Spring of 1940. Administrative
Information Collection is open for research by appointment only. Please contact the Reference Archivist to make arrangements. Publication Rights This material may be protected by U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17). Reproduction, distribution, or exhibition is prohibited without written permission from the University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives. The user is fully responsible for copyright infringement. Preferred Citation [Identification of item, series, and folder], Sitio Conte Expedition Records, University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives.
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