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Formative Period Occupations in the Highlands of Northern Ecuador: A Comment on Myers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

J. Stephen Athens
J. Stephen Athens*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Abstract

The proposal by Myers, Reidhead, and Brouillard of Valdivia-Machalilla-related occupations in the northern highlands of Ecuador is challenged. Stratigraphy and radiocarbon dates from the La Chimba site do not support the concept of an Early Formative Espejo phase. Additional evidence from the Im 11 site reinforces this conclusion. In sum, the prehistoric chronology of the northern highlands appears to be quite distinct from that of the Ecuadorian coast.

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American Antiquity , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , July 1978 , pp. 493 - 496
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1978

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