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xii + 132 pp. • 45 figs.
72 color plates
8.5" x 11" • paper
0-934718-91-1
978-0-934718-91-2
$24.95
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River
of Gold
Precolumbian Treasures
from Sitio Conte
Pam
Hearne and R. J. Sharer
In
1940 the Museum sponsored excavations at the necropolis of Sitio
Conte on the Pacific coastal plain 100 miles southwest of Panama
City. The cemetery had been used by the local elite and their
subordinates for over seven hundred years, until its abandonment
during the 10th to 12th centuries a.d. The focus is on Burial
11 whose main occupant was buried with fantastic gold objects.
Included are essays on the excavations, the goldworking techniques,
and the significance of the decorative motifs, as well as a
catalogue of the gold objects. Illustrations include many color
photographs along with archival photographs of the original
excavations.
Visit
the Exhibit, which runs from September 23 through December 16.
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