Archaeology of Formative Ecuador : A

No single symposium or volume could do justice to the amount of information now available on Ecuadorian prehistory. This volume and the symposium on which it was based are devoted, therefore, to the archaeology of Formative Ecuador in order to bring new information on one of the most important periods of the region's past to the attention of New World scholars. While the volume includes two chapters on ideology and iconography, the focus is distinctly archaeological, with an emphasis on the fundamentals of archaeological science, including settlement patterns, subsistence, health, and ceramic variability.

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
A Reassessment of the Ecuadorian Formative	p. 7
Social Formations in the Western Lowlands of Ecuador during the Early Formative	p. 33
Settlement Process and Historical Contingency in the Western Ecuadorian Formative	p. 69
Social and Cultural Development in the Ecuadorian Highlands and Eastern Lowlands during the Formative	p. 125
The Zooarchaeological Record from Formative Ecuador	p. 175
Plant Food Resources of the Ecuadorian Formative: An Overview and Comparison of the Central Andes	p. 213
Health Issues in the Early Formative of Ecuador: Skeletal Biology of Real Alto	p. 259
Ceramic Assemblage Variability in the Formative of Ecuador and Peru	p. 289
Expression of Ideology in the Formative Period of Ecuador	p. 337
Nature as Culture's Representation: A Change of Focus in Late Formative Iconography	p. 423
Conclusions: Cultures of the Ecuadorian Formative in Their Andean Context	p. 465
Formative Period Chronology for the Coast and Western Lowlands of Ecuador	p. 487
Formative Period Chronology for the Northern and Central Highlands of Ecuador	p. 529
Formative Period Chronology for Eastern Ecuador	p. 539
Formative Period Chronology for the Southern Highlands of Ecuador	p. 547
Index	p. 553
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Archaeology of Formative Ecuador : A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 7 and 8 October 1995

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