Traces Behind the Esmeraldas Shore.

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Although long famous for its antiquities--notably intricate goldwork, elaborate pottery, and earthen mounds--the Santiago-Cayapas region of coastal Ecuador has been relatively neglected from the standpoint of scientific archaeology. Until recently, no sound chronology was available, and even the app...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: DeBoer, Warren R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province) > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Material culture > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
Cayapa Indians > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indians of South America > Antiquities
Indians of South America > Material culture
Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province) > Antiquities.
Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Figures; Tables; Foreword; 1. Backward; 2. Coast, River, and Forest; 3. Sketching the Sequence; 4. Vagrant Vestiges: Valdivia and the Mafa Phase; 5. La Tolita's Hinterland: The Selva Alegre Phase; 6. From Patas to Pedestals: The Guadual Phase; 7. La Tolitah Aftermath: Herradura, Las Cruces, and Mysterious Mina; 8. Back to Barbarism: The Tumbaviro Phase; 9. The Coming of the Chachi; 10. Local Linkages and Global Extensions; Afterword; Appendix 1: Textiles; Appendix 2: Phytoliths; References Cited; Index.

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