Abrigo del Río Bermejo

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Project
Primary Title:
Abrigo del Río Bermejo
Alternate Title: Abbreviation
SE-1
Summary Description:
A small rock overhang, with a dryish and flat floor measuring about 15 x 6 meters, was located by Anthony J. Ranere and Richard G. Cooke in November 1981, when they explored the watershed of the Santa María River before embarking on the Proyecto Santa María. The overhang is located on the northern bank of the Rio Bermejo, a tributary of the River Mulabá, Distrito de Santa Fé, Veraguas. Its UTM coordinates were not taken. It is probably about 500 m above sea level. A test square (0.5 x 0.5 m) was excavated to bedrock, producing sherds of pottery with a brownish paste, which, suggested an Early Ceramic time period. PSM personnel returned to the rock-shelter in April 1985. They excavated a slit trench measuring 5 x 0.75 m, from the back wall of the shelter to the bottom of the talus slope. This was sub-divided into one meter long blocks. The 0-1 m section was by far the most prolific with regard to cultural material. The profile is complex and difficult to interpret. The upper levels contain abundant post-Columbian potsherds, which probably refer to the use of the shelter by Bugle people after Spanish contact. In lower levels, the pottery is almost uniformly brownish, and painted decoration was not observed. Five radiocarbon dates were obtained. One was run on a carbonized cacao (Theobroma cacao) husk fragment found at 50-60 cm below surface in Block 1. The date is 530 ± 50 BP (cal CE 1310-1365 & 1380 – 1445; Beta-131428). This was reported in: Dickau, Ruth, 2010, Microbotanical and macrobotanical evidence of plant use and the transition to agriculture in Panama, in, Amber M. VanDerwacker and Tanya M. Peres, editors, Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany. A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases, Springer, New York, pp. 99-134. A date runs on wood charcoal on the same level is meaningless because it has a standard deviation of 250 years (Beta-18862). A charcoal sample found at the base of the block (1090 ± 110 BP; Beta-20847) gave a 2σ span of cal CE 690-1180. Another charcoal sample recovered in Block 1.5-2.0 m at 60-70 cm below surface returned a date of 390 ± 95 BP (1400-1685 cal CE). The shelter is interpreted as a way station for people transiting from the Pacific to the Caribbean watersheds, or a short-term dwelling with few inhabitants mostly during the Late Ceramic and early Historic periods.
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si_2754998Stratigraphic trench for pid si_2754998Stratigraphic trench
TitleInfo/title
Stratigraphic trench
Abstract
Excavation of a 0.75 m stratigraphic trench from the shelter floor and down the talus. Aguilardo Perez (in trench)
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0001.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2754999Shelter wall and floor for pid si_2754999Shelter wall and floor
TitleInfo/title
Shelter wall and floor
Abstract
Showing the shelter wall and floor, with a modern "bed" made of palm wood slats. Aguilardo Perez (in trench); under shelter: Ilicena Tapia & Aureliano Valencia.
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0002.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755000Preparing to walk to the shelter for pid si_2755000Preparing to walk to the shelter
TitleInfo/title
Preparing to walk to the shelter
Abstract
House near the Abrigo del Rio Bermejito (SE-1). Preparing to walk to the shelter. Inside house: Aureliano Valencia & Ilicena Tapia (red shirt), and others unidentified.
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0003.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755001House near SE-1 for pid si_2755001House near SE-1
TitleInfo/title
House near SE-1
Abstract
Preparing to walk to the shelter. Inside house: Aureliano Valencia(left), Aguilardo Perez (with red hat) & Ilicena Tapia (red shirt).
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0004.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755002Preparing to walk for pid si_2755002Preparing to walk
TitleInfo/title
Preparing to walk
Abstract
House near the Abrigo del Rio Bermejo (SE-1). Preparing to walk to the shelter. Inside house: Aureliano Valencia (left), Aguilardo Perez (with red hat).
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0005.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755003Looking southward for pid si_2755003Looking southward
TitleInfo/title
Looking southward
Abstract
Looking southwards from the Abrigo del Rio Bermejito.
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0006.jp2
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755004Abrigo del rio Bermejito for pid si_2755004Abrigo del rio Bermejito
TitleInfo/title
Abrigo del rio Bermejito
Abstract
Excavation of a 0.75m stratigraphic trench from the shelter floor down the talus. Aureliano Valencia (left), local resident (right).
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0007.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_27550061 m wide unit for pid si_27550061 m wide unit
TitleInfo/title
1 m wide unit
Abstract
Abrigo Bermejito (SE-1), excavating a single 1 m wide unit of the 0.75 m stratigraphic trench from the shelter floor and down the talus. Aguilardo Perez (red hat) and unidentified local helper
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0010.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755007SE-1 1 m unit for pid si_2755007SE-1 1 m unit
TitleInfo/title
SE-1 1 m unit
Abstract
Abrigo Bermejito (SE-1), excavating a single 1 m unit of the 0.75 m stratigraphic trench from the shelter floor and down the talus. Arturo Tapia (left), Aguilardo Perez (center) and Aureliano Valencia (right).
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0011.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755008SE-1 single unit for pid si_2755008SE-1 single unit
TitleInfo/title
SE-1 single unit
Abstract
Abrigo Bermejito (SE-1), excavating a single 1 m unit of the 0.75 m stratigraphic trench from the shelter floor and down the talus.
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0012.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755009Bermejito 1m unit for pid si_2755009Bermejito 1m unit
TitleInfo/title
Bermejito 1m unit
Abstract
Abrigo Bermejito (SE-1), excavating a single 1 m unit of the 0.75 m stratigraphic trench from the shelter floor and down the talus. Unidentified local helper (left), Ilicena Tapia R. (center), Arturo Tapia R. (right).
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0013.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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si_2755010Excavating a single 1 m unit for pid si_2755010Excavating a single 1 m unit
TitleInfo/title
Excavating a single 1 m unit
Abstract
Abrigo Bermejito (SE-1), excavating a single 1 m unit of the 0.75 m stratigraphic trench from the shelter floor and down the talus. Aguilardo Perez and unidientified local helper in picture.
Subject/geographic
Panama
Identifier
SE-1_s_0014.jp2
OriginInfo/dateCaptured
09-1985
Location/physicalLocation
Veraguas
Location/holdingSimple[2]/copyInformation/subLocation
Santa Fe
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