Ceramic Phases for Chiriqui, Panama, and Their Relationship to Neighboring Sequences

Abstract

Excavations in four sites on the central part of the Gulf of Chiriqui, in Panama, have yielded a series of ceramic types and ceramic modes which serve to establish a sequence of phases covering the period between A.D. 300 and the “Classic” Chiriqui culture. An attempt is made in this article to relate this sequence to previous occupations in Chiriqui and to other sequences in the Central Panamanian provinces and in Costa Rica.