prehistory of the Santiago-Cayapas Region, Ecuador /
Warren R. DeBoer.
Tuscaloosa, Ala. :
University of Alabama Press,
c1996.
xvii, 234 p. :
ill., maps ;
23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index.
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 Tolita's 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 -- Appendix 1. Textiles -- Appendix 2. Phytoliths.
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"Survey along the lower Cayapas and Santiago rivers located ca. 200 habitation sites. Ceramic distinctions define seven phases, partly sequential and partly regional; 25 C14 dates extend from ca. 400 BC to AD 1400. Settlements become smaller, more dispersed, and culturally isolated after ca. AD 400"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.