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Río Chico: A Multicomponent Site Precursor of Té Zulay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2022

Ferran Cabrero*
Affiliation:
Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Ecuador
Edwin Aguirre
Affiliation:
Museo Etnoarqueológico Municipal de Pastaza, Puyo, Ecuador,
Martha Romero
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural, Quito, Ecuador
Simon Leib
Affiliation:
Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Ecuador
*
Corresponding autor: Ferran Cabrero. Email: fcabrero@uea.edu.ec

Abstract

This report presents survey and excavation results from the site of Río Chico, located near the city of Puyo, Ecuador. Currently, Río Chico is the oldest multicomponent village-type mound site of the Pastaza drainage, one of the great rivers of the Amazon basin. It is part of a series of monumental sites in the Upper Amazon of Ecuador but is unique in the area because of its evidence of consumption of certain plants and interregional trade.

Resumen

Resumen

Este informe presenta los resultados de la prospección y excavación del sitio de Río Chico, situado cerca de la ciudad de Puyo, Ecuador. Río Chico es el sitio monticular multicomponente tipo aldea más antiguo del río Pastaza, uno de los grandes afluentes de la cuenca del Amazonas. Forma parte de una serie de sitios monumentales de la Alta Amazonia, pero es único en la zona con evidencias de consumo de ciertas plantas y de intercambio interregional.

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for American Archaeology

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