Exploring Ancient Panama by Helicopter

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Summary

This article written for National Geographic describes an excursion via helicopter to the mound structures near the Tigre River. It also describes other archeological discoveries in the areas near the Panama Canal, including an Indian burial ground. It also includes information about a yellow fever outbreak and describes the scientists efforts to contain it.

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

National Geographic Vol. 97, No. 2 (Contained within)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1950

Topic

  • Archaeology
  • Airplanes
  • Cemeteries
  • Antiquities
  • Indians of Central America

Place

  • Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)
  • Panama

Physical description

pp. 227-246

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