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Continuidad cultural en la Región Central de Panamá: Un examen de las bases socioeconómicas de los periodos Precerámico y Cerámico Temprano en el valle del río Parita, Panamá

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Many of the characteristics of Panamanian societies described by the Spanish during the conquest, had been established much earlier. In the Central Region of Panama, social change was usually not a radical departure from dominant socioeconomic patterns but was incorporated into existing strategies. In this paper, I examine change and continuity through the archaeological record in the Parita River Valley focusing on the early occupational sequence (9200-100 BC). More specifically, I examine how general patterns, such as regional exchange, techno-ecological adaptation of the subsistence economy, and increasing social identity and differentiation were established in the Preceramic and Early Ceramic Periods and endured, albeit transformed, into the Late Ceramic Period. The continuity of these trends supports the long cultural development in the Central Region of Panama without the need of explaining social change as the result of migration.

Source: Americanae (AECID Library)

Author: Mikael J. Haller

Language: English

Topic: Historical Studies in Central America

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Pittsburgh, St. Francis Xavier University, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Awards: Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Role of Craft Specialization in the Development of the Chiefly Center of He-4, Central Panama, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Political Economy and the Development of Chiefly Societies from the Rio Parita Area in the Central Region of Panama

OpenAlex ID: W2973777312

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