Gold Armour. The tomb of a chief or Indian containing ornaments and armament of shining gold was found by an archaeological expedition to Panama, headed by Dr. J. A,. Mason, of the University of Pennsylvania. The find was made in a vegeta-tion-covered burial ground on a plan tation in Code Province,- about 100 miles west of Panama City. Although the origin of the people responsible for the culture has not been determined, it is certain that they were neither Maya nor Aztec. Their closest relationship was with Columbia. They had no masonry and no system of writing. The earliest finds are probably no older than about 1300 A.D.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 253, 23 December 1940, Page 4
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