4,000-year-old shaman's stones discovered near Boquete, Panama
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 16:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Archaeologists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama have discovered a cluster of 12 unusual stones in the back of a small, prehistoric rock-shelter near the town of Boquete. The cache represents the earliest material evidence of shamanistic practice in lower Central America.