Proyecto La Cadena-Quevedo-La Maná. Primera síntesis modal y cronológica así como breves referencias a la cerámica del Formativo Temprano final

Abstract

This research project started in 1992 consists in a contribution to the material and cultural history of the Andean western piedmonts of Ecuador, which has been little studied. This tropical area is rich in ecological niches and natural resources. Its topography has stimulated settlement since at least 6000 BC, and has led to a human adaptation in wet surroundings, obliging human beings to build living structures, called tolas, which made life possible under such conditions. The movement from the coast to the highlands and Amazonia inevitably crosses the Andean piedmont which is situated in the center of the communication routes which promote exchanges and lead to a cultural intermixing that is still difficult to estimate today. The study of ceramics highlights this concept, because it reveals a great number of styles which cover the whole Prehispanic era. In this article, only the ceramics dating to the Early Formative are treated.

Keywords

• Ecuador
• tolas
• ceramics
• chronology
• settling modes
• Valdivia