Submarine volcanic activity and giant amygdale formation along the Panama island arc as a precursor to 6000-year-old agate exploitation on Pedro González Island
Abstract An extensive deposit of agate occurs in Pedro González Island in the Gulf of Panama. Previous archaeological research showed that the agate was exploited between 6200 and 5600 cal BP to make stone tools found at the oldest known Preceramic human settlement in the Pearl Island archipelago. W...
| Published in: | Geological Magazine |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2021
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756821001229 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756821001229 |