Cueva people

Cueva was the name assigned by Spanish colonists to various indigenous populations they encountered in Eastern Panama. Although it has been used variously to describe a specific ethnicity, many scholars believe that the peoples who used the Cueva language belonged to multiple ethnolinguistic groups, and that this language was in fact a lingua franca.^[1]

^ Cooke, Richard (2021). "Origins, Dispersal, and Survival of Indigenous Societies in the Central American Landbridge Zone of the Isthmo-Colombian Area". In McEwan, Colin; Hoopes, John (eds.). Pre-Columbian Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador: Toward an Integrated Approach. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks. pp. 49–83.

[1] Cooke, Richard (2021). "Origins, Dispersal, and Survival of Indigenous Societies in the Central American Landbridge Zone of the Isthmo-Colombian Area". In McEwan, Colin; Hoopes, John (eds.). Pre-Columbian Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador: Toward an Integrated Approach. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks. pp. 49–83.

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