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Bountiful Estuaries Bountiful Estuaries
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The Archaeological Sites The Archaeological Sites
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Cerro Mangote Cerro Mangote
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Playa Don Bernardo Playa Don Bernardo
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Sitio Sierra Sitio Sierra
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Cerro Juan Díaz Cerro Juan Díaz
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Jicarita 1 Jicarita 1
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Ethnographic Contexts of Two Coastal Farming Villages and an Island Fishing Community Ethnographic Contexts of Two Coastal Farming Villages and an Island Fishing Community
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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6 Pre-Columbian Lifeways at Three Estuarine and Two Platform Island Sites in Pacific Panama
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Published:December 2023
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Abstract
Tourist brochures inform visitors that “Panamá” meant “abundance of fish” to the original inhabitants. This is hardly surprising on a narrow isthmus bathed by two contrasting oceans. Coastal and riverine resources played a fundamental role in the diet and economy of native isthmian cultures as perceived from archaeological evidence and ethnohistoric accounts. This chapter focuses on the protracted pre-Columbian fishing strategies and preferences along the Pacific coast and on continental (platform) islands. Owing to high tidal ranges and the discharge of sizeable rivers, some estuarine flats on the Pacific mainland are extensive. Seasonal upwelling triggered by strong offshore trade winds lowers sea surface temperatures in Panama Bay which enhances the abundance of small shoaling fish (e.g., anchovies) and their avian and nektonic predators. The authors make use of several analytical methods to provide a chronological and regional synthesis of pre-Columbian coastal and island lifeways in Pacific Panama from ca 8000 BP to 1520 CE.
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