River of Gold

Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte

Edited by Pam Hearne

Book cover: River of Gold

Extent: 144 pages

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum

Subjects: Archaeology of the Americas

Language: English

Paperback (Out of print)

(January 1992)

ISBN: 9780934718912

8.46 x 10.98 inches

Price: $24.95

Out of stock

In 1940 the Museum sponsored excavations at the necropolis of Sitio Conte on the Pacific coastal plain 100 miles southwest of Panama City. The cemetery had been used by the local elite and their subordinates for over seven hundred years, until its abandonment during the tenth to twelfth centuries A.D. The focus is on Burial 11, whose main occupant was buried with fantastic gold objects. Included are essays on the excavations, the goldworking techniques, and the significance of the decorative motifs, as well as a catalogue of the gold objects. Illustrations include many color photographs along with archival photographs of the original excavations.

  • Edited by Pam Hearne