Abstract: Tres Zapotes is an important site in the broader discussion of Olmec cultural continuity and formative period political economy with an archaeological record that spans the two millennia between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 1000.
Abstract: For at least 2,000 years before Spanish arrival in 1502, the province of Bocas del Toro, Panama, sustained numerous vibrant cultures. However, little archaeological research has been done in this area. For decades, this area has been considered a ‘cultural backwater’ with only simple, small-scale settlements. Dr. Tom Wake’s excavations at Sitio Abuelitas and Sitio Drago on Isla Colon, the largest island in Bocas del Toro, have altered this picture as burials, house mounds, and artifacts from across Central America have been found.
Speaker: 
Amr Shahat
Postdoctoral Scholar
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Speaker:
Amr Shahat
Postdoctoral Scholar
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Speaker: 
Celine Wachsmuth
M.A. Student
UCLA/Getty Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials MA
Speaker: 
Moupi Mukhopadhyay
Ph.D. Student
UCLA Conservation of Material Culture IDP
