Project Gutenberg 2009-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 79 Holmes, William Henry 1846 1933 Holmes, W. H. (William Henry) Holmes, William H. (William Henry) 01020000 Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Produced by Louise Hope, PM for Bureau of American Ethnology, The Internet Archive: American Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia" by William H. Holmes is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the archaeological and artistic heritage of the Chiriqui province, focusing on ancient artifacts and burial practices. Holmes dives into aspects of the region's geography, culture, and craftsmanship, providing insights into the lives and artistic expressions of its ancient inhabitants. At the start of the book, the author introduces Chiriqui's geography and its historical significance, noting its previous obscurity until the railroad and canal explorations shed light on the area. Holmes discusses the limited antiquarian literature available, which primarily consists of brief sketches by explorers and archaeologists. He also emphasizes the archaeological findings from ancient cemeteries (huacales) scattered throughout the region, detailing various burial practices and grave constructions observed by explorers, especially the diverse and sophisticated artifacts discovered within these graves, which indicate a rich cultural heritage that has largely remained unnoticed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Indians of Central America -- Panama Indian pottery -- Panama Chiriquí (Panama : Province) -- Antiquities F1561 Text Browsing: Archaeology Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 511754 511423 2024-09-13T06:14:58.544680 2023-09-13T11:04:02.606424 text/html text/html 506848 2021-01-05T22:37:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 4300795 2021-01-05T22:37:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 4254843 2024-09-13T06:15:18.593578 application/epub+zip 4257555 2024-09-13T06:15:05.528663 application/epub+zip 215491 2024-09-13T06:15:00.732644 application/epub+zip 5989948 2024-09-13T06:15:24.691512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5937355 2024-09-13T06:15:13.907594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303783 2022-09-14T07:23:41.308981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359246 2024-09-13T06:14:55.418705 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 359740 2021-01-05T22:37:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 117213 2021-01-05T22:37:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 358726 2021-01-05T22:37:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116795 2021-01-05T22:37:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 359006 2021-01-05T22:37:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116508 2021-01-05T22:37:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22605 2024-09-13T06:15:24.855512 application/rdf+xml 19858 2024-09-13T06:15:01.271632 image/jpeg 4359 2024-09-13T06:15:01.019727 image/jpeg 4286570 2024-09-13T06:14:59.482675 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia