20235501(en)/3 - Fingerprints and Ceramics: Identity Approach of Potters in Ancient Coclé, Panamá (780 - 1020 AD)
FINGERPRINTS AND CERAMICS: IDENTITY APPROACH OF POTTERS IN ANCIENT COCLÉ, PANAMÁ (780 - 1020 AD)
HUELLAS DIGITALES Y CERÁMICAS: APROXIMACIÓN A LA IDENTIDAD DE LOS ARTESANOS EN EL ANTIGUO COCLÉ, PANAMÁ (780 - 1020 DC)
Carlos Mayo-Torné, Jesús Herrerín y Yadixa Mayin Del Valle-Guardia
This article presents the results of an analysis of paleo dermatoglyphs, calculating the mean and density of ridge breadth (MRB and MDB) for recently identified fingerprints in ceramic groups from the El Caño site, Panama. This analysis aims to evaluate how ceramic production was organized in ancient Coclé, coinciding with the emergence of craft specialization and hierarchical societies in one of the reference cultures of the macro Isthmo-Colombian Cultural Region. The results of this work show that men, women, and occasionally young people participated in the manufacturing of ceramics in a specialized artisan context. This analysis also revealed, in relation to the most richly decorated ceramics, that there was evidence of their manufacture being carried out predominantly by male labor with an absence of non-adults.
