Colonization


 * Colonization by the Spanish:**
 * Spain colonized Panama in 1520
 * For most of the colonial period Panama was important as a transit point for goods from Spain to Peru. The most important settlements were located on the Pacific and Caribbean coast of the Isthmus.


 * Indigenous people:**
 * The earliest artifact discovered of indigenous peoples in Panama have included Paleo-indians projectile points. Later central Panama was home to some of this first pottery making in the Americans, such as the Monagrillo.

Colonized by the Spanish in 1520