Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Pre-Columbian Panama and Its Peoples
Chapter 2. Dating, Classification, and Characteristics of the Ceramic Art
Chapter 3. A Survey of Central Panamanian Ceramics: The Early Phases (500 BCE–700 CE)
Chapter 4. A Survey of Central Panamanian Ceramics: The Late Phases (700–1530 CE)
Chapter 5. Specialized Categories of Ceramics
Chapter 6. Human Effigies, Humpbacks, and Shamans
Chapter 7. Animism and Shamanic Transformation
Chapter 8. Persistent Iconography: Conceptual Themes
Chapter 9. Persistent Iconography: Figurative Themes
Chapter 10. Animals: Snakes and Birds
Chapter 11. Iconography of Bats, Jaguars, Monkeys, and Other Mammals
Chapter 12. Iconography of Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Invertebrates
Chapter 13. Humor, Emotion, and Discovered Faces
Chapter 14. Concluding Thoughts
Galleries of Additional Images
Characteristic Design Elements and Motifs
References