La armadura dorada de un cacique coclé: los pectorales de oro del ajuar del individuo principal de la Tumba 2 de la necrópolis de El Caño (900-1020 d. C.)
| Autor: | Mercedes Guinea Bueno, Julia Mayo Torné |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Española de Antropología Americana. 43 |
| ISSN: | 1988-2718 0556-6533 |
| DOI: | 10.5209/rev_reaa.2013.v43.n2.44012 |
| Popis: | The recent discovery and excavation (2009) of a funerary complex at the site of El Cano in the Gran-Cocle region of Panama has shed new light on isthmian archaeology. In this article we present a descriptive analysis and iconographic interpretation of the four gold pectorals present in the tomb of one of the chiefs who, judging by their ritual burial and richness of their burial goods is the highest status individual excavated at the site. The embossed designs on these four pectorals, which belong to the Conte Style (AD 450-1100) of metalwork, represent front-facing supernatural beings whose principal metaphorical basis appears to be the crocodile. These representations speak to a shared belief system in the region that is rooted in the wider pre-Columbian cosmological traditions. |
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