Bioarqueología. Su aporte al Proyecto Arqueológico Panamá Viejo (original) (raw)

2009

Abstract

Since the inauguration of the Panama Viejo Archaeological Project (PAPV) in 1996, a significant number of Pre-Hispanic and colonial funerary contexts have been excavated at the site. These excavations have shown the presence of two well differentiated types of burials within the protected area: on the one hand, a wide range of burial patterns have been found associated to the long Pre-Hispanic occupation of the site, which dates back to the Fifth century AD. In contrast, funerary evidences corresponding to the colonial period (1519-1671) show that a recurrent and limited number of inhumation practices tended to be used in that time. Because the human remains of the Panama Viejo site were recovered over many years of fieldwork, the collection had not been analyzed according to consistent standards so far. Thanks to the support of the National Secretariat for Science, Technology, and Innovation of the Republic of Panama – SENACYT- it was possible to find a solution to these analytical inconsistencies through the development a funerary archaeology project at the site. This article summarizes the results of this project, focusing on the bio-anthropological data obtained from the analysis of human remains in cultural contexts. Thus, this work offers a good idea of the scope and potential of this project within the context of bio-anthropological studies.

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