Changing boundaries in the Gulf of Panama: Contributions from Ceramic Instrumental Analysis of Punta Zancadilla Site (PGL-100), Pearl Island

Throughout his career, Richard Cooke has had clarity about cultural boundary fluctuations in the cultural areas of Panama, proposing that various socioeconomic factors influenced the creation and variation of areas of interaction over time. This research seeks to frame Pedro González island, in Pear...

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Main Author: Núñez-Cortés, Yajaira
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2019
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/antropologia/article/view/36769
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Summary:Throughout his career, Richard Cooke has had clarity about cultural boundary fluctuations in the cultural areas of Panama, proposing that various socioeconomic factors influenced the creation and variation of areas of interaction over time. This research seeks to frame Pedro González island, in Pearl Island, in that scenario of constant interaction and change. The results of petrography and X-ray diffraction analysis applied to ceramic samples from different phases of occupation (100 BC-AD 750) are presented here. Cultural affiliations and contacts between the peoples of Gran Coclé and Gran Darién cultural areas are discussed from the perspective of the pre-Columbian insular occupations. A lo largo de su carrera, Richard Cooke ha visualizado con claridad las fluctuaciones en los límites culturales y entre áreas culturales de Panamá, proponiendo que diversos factores socioeconómicos incidieron en la creación y variación de esferas de interacción entre ellas a través del tiempo. Esta investigación busca enmarcar a la isla Pedro González, en el archipiélago de las Perlas, en ese escenario de constante interacción y cambio. Se presentan los resultados de análisis de petrografía y de difracción de rayos X aplicados a muestras cerámicas en diferentes fases de ocupación (100 a.C-750 d.C). Desde la perspectiva de las ocupaciones precolombinas insulares, se discuten las filiaciones y contactos culturales entre las áreas culturales Gran Coclé y Gran Darién.