Los estilos cerámicos de la región cultural de Gran Coclé, Panamá

Abstract

Gran Cocle describes a region whose chronological and geographical limits are defined by a series of specific technological and stylistic characteristics associated with its ceramic tradition. Since the first appearance of pottery on the Isthmus of Panama, around 2500 B.C., to the arrival of Spanish Conquistadors in the middle of the 16th century, pottery in this cultural area has evolved in its manufacturing techniques, surface treatment, and decoration. In an effort to strengthen the notion that the Gran Coclé represents a culturally independent region, we have traced the evolution of geometric designs, zoomorphological, and anthropomorphological representations of their pottery tradition.