Notas sobre las piezas de la colección arqueológica recolectada por E. Ménard de Saint-Maurice, médico de la Compañía del canal de Panamá

Abstract

In a text of an informative nature are shared aspects of scientific activity conducted in Panama by the French physician E. Ménard St-Maurice, who was involved as a physician to the to the French company to build the inter-oceanic canal. The contents of the article places the activity within Ménard expeditions carried out to open the route geostrategically communication. It also presents the scientific study conducted by him, which gives an account of the discovery of ceramic objects, stone axes and petroglyphs and provides information on the collection formed during archaeological explorations in Chiriquí and was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle de Paris the year 1878. Some pieces were located and photographed at the National Museum of Ceramics in Sevres, France and now are made for the information of those interested in historical studies, archaeological and heritage of this region of Panama.

Keywords: Colombia, Chiriquí, History Channel of Panama, Archaeology, Cultural heritage.