Traces behind the Esmeraldas shore [electronic resource] : prehistory of the Santiago-Cayapas Region, Ecuador / Warren R. DeBoer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeBoer, Warren R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Ecuador--Esmeraldas (Province)--Antiquities.

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Material culture--Ecuador--Esmeraldas (Province).

Cayapa Indians--Antiquities.

Cayapa Indians.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ecuador--Esmeraldas (Province).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province)--Antiquities.

Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8362-X

0-585-14083-9

OCLC:

772845418