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ID  367  -  Public access
Description :     This web site is no longer maintained, if you want to know about the lastest news and research work in the El Caño Archaeological Project, click below to go to the spanish version of the site.   [go to the spanish version] How to search for an object. To search for an object, start typing its "identifier" or some word that describes it, above, in the search field. " Find Objects ". For example, start typing: pottery, ceramics, pectoral, gold, pendant, etc. To view the object click on any of...
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ID  370  -  Public access
Description :   UE002. Deposit of ash-colored earth, composed of argillaceous and sandy materials, with particles of charcoal and ash, and some roots. Charcoal samples were taken but were not very reliable due to the fact that burnt root remains were present at the same level. A large number of pebbles of various sizes, as well as some ceramic fragments and stone artifacts, were found.
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ID  371  -  Public access
Description :   UE003. Unit with characteristics similar to those of UE002, composed of clayey and sandy materials with a large presence of ceramic fragments and pebbles. It has a thickness of approximately 0.3 m.
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ID  372  -  Public access
Description :   Zoomorphic vessel. Two-fingered sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
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ID  374  -  Public access
Description :   Zoomorphic pendant representing a pelican with its head turned and resting on its back. It has a toothed mouth and two holes for hanging. It was part of a necklace of feline canines.
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ID  375  -  Public access
Description :   UE088. Deposit of materials and bones in primary position, located at a depth of 2.80 m in the NE, NW and SW walls of the pit. The matrix is brown clay with reddish tones and some fine sands. The unit rests on a step carved into the geological substrate. It is U-shaped and has more or less pronounced dips along its perimeter. The portion of the unit that rests on the NW-NE wall is the one that has a greater dip, between 45º- 70º of inclination. In this sector were placed two individuals which were partially covered with pots. These appear fragmented, and like the human bones, they keep in sp...
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ID  376  -  Public access
Description :   Polychrome carinated jar with raised shoulders and long neck. White slip and decoration with alternate bands of red and purple.
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ID  377  -  Public access
Description :   Figurative cast gold pendant representing a two-headed bat flying. It was part of the mortuary ensemble of the I5 individual from tomb T2. The suspension ring is on the back of the pendant. Conte style. In the representation the twin heads play a prominent role, they have been represented with great liveliness: A short snout with open (and sunken) jaws with big sharp teeth, a nose with round orifices, a nasal leaf pointing upwards and slightly curved, two big spherical eyes and pointy ears. The necks spring out of a triangular body with a narrow wing membrane (patagium) that appears only in ...
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ID  380  -  Public access
Description :   UE004. Fill with characteristics similar to stratigraphic units UE002 and UE003.
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ID  381  -  Public access
Description :   EU125 (called in 2013, EU166 unit). Primary human bone deposit located at a depth of 3.48 metres. It is a multiple burial. The bodies were placed with their feet towards the SW. This unit was cut to the NE by tomb T1. Only the leg bones of two skeletons are preserved. At his feet, 15 cm SW, a skull was located. Remains of a second skull were found at lower levels inside tomb T1, unit UE125b. The earth matrix surrounding the bones is dark grey and contains abundant organic material. A group of funerary attires (bracelets, sperm whale teeth, one of which is carved, perforated teeth of jaguars ...
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ID  382  -  Public access
Description :   Pendant shaped as a bird of prey.
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ID  383  -  Public access
Description :   Elongated amber colored stone pendant with a perforation.
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ID  384  -  Public access
Description :   Carinated closed bowl with double slip(red and white). Geometrical decoration of "yc" spirals.
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ID  385  -  Public access
Description :   Polychrome plate with thickened outer rim. Double slip (white on the obverse and red on the reverse) and decoration in alternating zigzagging bands of colors (red and purple).
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ID  386  -  Public access
Description :   Round breastplate of hammered and embossed gold alloy with the design of a supernatural being in the shape of a two-headed crocodile. Conte style. It has four orifices for hanging, aligned with the top edge of the animal’s body. The body of the figure has been replaced by an oblong rectangle with rounded edges from which long perimeter lines emerge two mythical crocodile heads in frontal view. They have large mouths, teeth in the shape of truncated triangles, wide, flat noses and round eyes with an orbital rim that continues in an inverted pointed triangle. From the union between the no...
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ID  387  -  Public access
Description :   Breastplate of hammered and embossed gold alloy with the frontal design of the face of a supernatural being with facial features of an old man. It was part of the mortuary ensemble of individual 20, an infant, of the T2 tomb, along with other two pectorals, four bracelets and a necklace of green beads. It has two orifices for hanging at both sides of the beginning of the nose. Conte Style The design represents only the central part of the face where we see a wide and flat nose with little pronounced nostrils, the eyes formed by two oblong concentric circles and an open mouth that shows rectan...
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ID  388  -  Public access
Description :   EU106. Deposit of three rectangular-shaped osaments (I11, I12 and I13), oriented NW-SE, located at a depth of 3.60 (upper level) - 3.93 m (lower level) in the middle tank of the pit. It rests on it on an intermediate step. The bodies were placed in extended ventral decubitus with the heads facing SE. The surface of this unit is horizontal and has a dip of 35° NW to SE in its SE sector, next to the edge of the step. Some bones, furnishings and other elements of this deposit were found on a block of sediment that covers the deposits present on the third step (lower basement of the pit). The ma...
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ID  389  -  Public access
Description :   Breastplate of hammered and embossed gold alloy with the design of a supernatural being, representing a hybrid between squid and bird. Conte Style. The squid figure is the most immediate and it’s shown from a dorsal view. From the bottom up, we can see the triangular mantel with a rhomboidal fin attached to its lower half, the neck and the head with prominent round eyes and a large horny mouth in the shape of a parrot’s beak from which four arms come out (the other four cannot be seen) covered by round suckers. In the middle of its mantle there is a large triangle and another thirty-three...
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ID  390  -  Public access
Description :   Censer or incense burner with cylindrical handle with red slip that covers the piece entirely. It shows traces of use, probably the product of the burning of some resin or aromatic seed.
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ID  392  -  Public access
Description :   UE134. Deposit of bones and bone structures (multiple burial), located at the lower level of the grave of tomb T2. Its morphology is square, delimited by the remains of a battery of posts. The matrix that surrounds it is a deposit of fairly organic dark grey earth, documented by the entire plant at the bottom of the grave. It has a medium-fine granulometry, with clays and limes. In certain areas accumulations of sand and small gravel appear. The compaction is medium. The fact that it is at a higher level compared to T1 means that the humidity of the water table affects it less. In the centre, ...
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ID  393  -  Public access
Description :   Ceramic whistle.
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ID  394  -  Public access
Description :   Spindle whorl. It was used in the production of yarns made from vegetable fibers.
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ID  395  -  Public access
Description :   Polychrome plate with thickened outer rim. Double red and white slip. Round central panel with a bird design framed by geometric decoration of a continuous spiral "yc".
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ID  396  -  Public access
Description :   Long neck globular polychrome jar. Geometric decoration of a continuous spiral “yc” as a frieze along the neck and as alternating bands of color in zigzag on the body.
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ID  397  -  Public access
Description :   Copper chisel.
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ID  398  -  Public access
Description :   Cast gold figurative pendant which was part of the mortuary ensemble of the individual I9 of tomb T2. It is a two-headed male figure; he is nude and standing up holding a ceremonial shell trumpet with both hands. Conte Style. The two heads are joined by one of the ears and the end of the conical cap or headpiece with rhomboidal designs. Is has two rings for hanging on the rear side.
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ID  400  -  Public access
Description :   Stone base of a pyrite mirror.
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ID  402  -  Public access
Description :   Cast gold figurative pendant. It represents a hybrid being between bird and reptile. This icon it was very widely spread by the International Style in the Isthmus-Colombian area. It belongs to tomb T3, not excavated, and was found along with a breastplate, two small bracelets and a small group of gold beads.
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ID  409  -  Public access
Description :   Pair of green stone (glauconite) ear rods with gold laminar covers at the ends, they were part of the mortuary ensemble of individual T2. Registration number 9401 corresponds to the left ear rod on the photo.
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ID  410  -  Public access
Description :   Accessory
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ID  411  -  Public access
Description :   Gold ingot. Cast metal artifact.
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ID  412  -  Public access
Description :   UE105. Main burial of tomb T1. It is composed of eight individuals I1, I2, I3, I4, I5, I6, I7 and I8 (UE105) - four adults of undetermined sex, two possible adult women (individuals I6 and I7) and two infants (individuals I2 and I3). They were located at 4.60-4.80 m depth. All bodies were buried in extended dorsal decubitus except one of them, the I4, which was buried in prone decubitus. The highest-status character (I1) was shrouded with his arms bent over his chest and his body was placed transversally to the rest of the individuals. The feet of the main adult were arranged on a block of y...
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ID  413  -  Public access
Description :   Diagrams of tombs T1, T2, T4, T5, T6, T7 and T8 of El Caño Area 1. The archaeological team of the Archaeological Project El Caño has been working there since 2008. This is an area reserved as a burial place for people of high status. The tombs contain simultaneous multiple burials and offering episodes. One hundred and forty meters west there is a second area reserved for low status people.
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ID  414  -  Public access
Description :   EU099. Deposit of disarticulated human bones, mostly long bones, located inside the tomb pit T1 at a depth of 4.02 m - 4.10 m. The matrix is clayey, brown with reddish tones and medium grain. The bones are scattered. The deposit has a longitudinal tendency. The length of its E-W axis is 1.8 m and that of its N-S axis is 1 m. We believe it is a liminal (human) offering, placed inside the tomb some time after burial.
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ID  416  -  Public access
Description :   EU131. Circular ceramic deposit occupying an area of approximately 2 m2, located above the collapse of the lid of the funerary chamber in the lower vessel of the grave of tomb T2. It is made up of jugs, plates and a group of effigy vessels. The vessels are fractured, but keep their original geometry. The matrix that surrounds them is clayey, brown in colour, with some sands and coals, and small fragments of artifacts and other cultural materials. Its surface is horizontal. Its N perimeter sits on the UE106b unit (sliding of materials and bones, originally seated on the intermediate step of the...
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ID  417  -  Public access
Description :   EU096. Deposit located inside the grave of tomb T1 at a depth of 3.77 m (upper level) and 3.50 m (lower level). It is made up of a group of vessels, three of them zoomorphic, small plates, bowls and pots, all of them fragmented, although keeping their original geometry. It has a small dip S-N. The pots are seated on a ceniciento area. Between this deposit and the burial a block of sediments is interposed. It is a liminal offering placed inside the tomb a while, after the burial.
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ID  419  -  Public access
Description :   Effigy vessel. It represents a warrior from the T2 tomb. This piece combines the technique of modeling and painting decoration. The designs are geometric and refer to facial paints and/or tattoos.
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ID  421  -  Public access
Description :   Hammered gold circular pectoral with the embossed image of a supernatural hybrid being of bird and reptile, bordered by eighteen concentric circles. The piece has four perforations at the height of the figure´s neck for suspension or fastening. Conte Style. The different points of observation that the figure allows make its description very difficult. Viewed from above we have the representation of a mythical crocodile: a quadruped with a shortened trunk in crawling position, with its head turned towards the spectator in a torsion that is anatomically impossible but typical of the style. It...
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ID  422  -  Public access
Description :   Laminar hammered gold cuff with embossed design. The cuff has the shape of an open truncated cone and has four holes for tying, two in the part with the largest diameter and two in the part with the smallest diameter. It forms a pair with another bracelet (ID 443, registration no. 4758). Each of the cuffs is embossed at one end of the opening with what appears to be the stylised figure of a crocodile in profile. This image is not easy to recognise with the naked eye as both cuffs are quite deteriorated. The figures have a serpentine body with seven truncated triangles along its external pro...
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ID  423  -  Public access
Description :   Laminar hammered gold cuff with embossed design. The cuff has the shape of an open truncated cone and has four holes for tying, two in the part with the largest diameter and two in the part with the smallest diameter. It forms a pair with another bracelet (ID 442, registration no. 4757). Each of the cuffs is embossed at one end of the opening with what appears to be the stylised figure of a crocodile in profile. This image is not easy to recognise with the naked eye as both cuffs are quite deteriorated. The figures have a serpentine body with seven truncated triangles along its external pro...
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ID  424  -  Public access
Description :   Stone ear rod partially encased with thin gold. These ear rods have an accessory which is used as a cap. It was found along with other mortuary ensembles associated with the individual I5. (First level of T2 tomb)
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ID  425  -  Public access
Description :   Cap of the stone and gold covered ear rods registered under number 5083 and associated with individual I5 found in unit UE088 (first level of T2 tomb)
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ID  426  -  Public access
Description :   Stone pendant, shaped as a fang, capped with sheet gold
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ID  427  -  Public access
Description :   Agate pendant in the shape of an animal with raised tail.
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ID  428  -  Public access
Description :   Agate pendant in inverted "T" shape.
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ID  429  -  Public access
Description :   Stone pendant capped with sheet gold. This rod had also a cap registered under the number 5365.
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ID  430  -  Public access
Description :   Ear rod cap. This cap belongs to the ear rod registered under number 5123.
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ID  431  -  Public access
Description :   Nose clip.
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ID  432  -  Public access
Description :   Ear rod cap.
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ID  433  -  Public access
Description :   Ear rod cap.
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ID  434  -  Public access
Description :   Cover of wooden ear rod.
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ID  435  -  Public access
Description :   Ear rod cover.
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ID  436  -  Public access
Description :   Covers of wooden ear rods.
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ID  437  -  Public access
Description :   Cooper nose clip.
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ID  438  -  Public access
Description :   Copper pendant representing two birds.
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ID  439  -  Public access
Description :   Copper chisel fragment.
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ID  440  -  Public access
Description :   Copper chisel fragment.
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ID  441  -  Public access
Description :   Copper chisel
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ID  442  -  Public access
Description :   Accessory to ornament clothes.
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ID  443  -  Public access
Description :   Copper pendant with double human figures.
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