Surgimiento y evolución de la cultura Manteña-Guancavilca: reflexiones acerca de los cambios y continuidades en la costa del Ecuador prehispánico

Abstract

Through a general study of the Manteño-Guancavilca culture along the Ecuadorian littoral during the final pre-colonial period (650-1532 AD.), in this article we focus the problems of the ruptures and continuities in the chronology of the Ecuadorian coast. Indeed, through the study of the human occupation, of the variability of architectural types and the ceramic complex, we evaluate different sources for understanding the way in which cultural changes were producted in this area.

Keywords

• Ecuador
• architecture
• archaeology
• Integration Period
• Manteño-Guancavilca
• funerary pratices