Description:
MADERA CARBONIZADA EN CONTEXTOS FUNERARIOS DE LA JEFATURA DE RÍO GRANDE, PANAMÁ: ANTRACOLOGÍA EN EL SITIO DE EL CAÑO.(CHARRED WOOD IN FUNERARY CONTEXTS OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF RIO GRANDE, PANAMA: ANTHRACOLOGY AT THE SITE OF EL CAÑO)
Overview
The anthracological analysis carried out on the site of El Caño (Coclé province, Panama) allows us to make a first approximation to the possibilities that this type of archeobotanical analysis provides for the study of chiefdoms, and specifically their funerary contexts. The identification of the woody resources used, and the establishment of hypotheses about their possible function in relation to the mortuary ritual, is fundamental to be able to deepen in the understanding of the ritual and of the management of the resources carried out by the chiefs in the isthmus of Panama.