Archaeological Sites in Panama
Barriles
Barriles (300-900 AD) is a renowned archaeological site in Panama's Chiriquí highlands at 1,200 meters elevation, situated several kilometers west of Volcán town[1]. Named for distinctive stone…
Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo
Fort San Lorenzo is a Spanish colonial fortress built from 1595 at the mouth of the Chagres River in Panama, ordered by King Philip II to protect the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and…
El Caño Archaeological Park
El Cano is a pre-Columbian necropolis in Cocle province, Panama, dating to 700-1000 AD and attributed to the Gran Cocle culture. The site features two rows of standing monoliths with carved…
Isla Palenque
Isla Palenque is a pre-Columbian archaeological site on a 400-acre (1.6 km²) island in the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panama, near the Costa Rica border[1]. The island has 8 km (5 mi) of coastline and over…
Monagrillo - Archaeological Site
Monagrillo is an archaeological site in south-central Panama with ceramics radiocarbon-dated to 2500–1200 BC [1]. It provides the earliest known example of ceramics in Central America and one of the…
Panamá Viejo
Panama Viejo is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas, founded on August 15, 1519 by Pedro Arias Davila. The ruins cover 32 hectares preserving…
Sitio Conte
Sitio Conte is a necropolis and archaeological site in Cocle province, Panama, near Parita Bay [1]. Dated to AD 450-900 based on goldwork and polychrome ceramics, it represents a paradigmatic example…
Sitio Sierra
Sitio Sierra is an archaeological site in the Herrera Province of Parita Bay, Panama, situated 12 km from where the Santa Maria River meets the Pacific Ocean [1]. Archaeologists have determined it…
Venado Beach
Venado Beach is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site on the Pacific coast of Panama, named for the Venado River near whose mouth it was located [1]. The site was excavated in 1951 by Samuel Kirkland…