Traces behind the Esmeraldas shore
Subtitle: prehistory of the Santiago-Cayapas Region, Ecuador
By: Warren R. DeBoer.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
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); Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province) -- Antiquities.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index.