Archaeology of Formative Ecuador

edited by J. Scott Raymond and Richard L. Burger

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Preface and Introduction

JORGE G. MARCOS
A Reassessment of the Ecuadorian Formative

J. SCOTT RAYMOND
Social Formations in the Western Lowlands of Ecuador during the Early Formative

JAMES A. ZEIDLER and JOHN S. ISAACSON
Settlement Process and Historical Contingency in the Western Ecuadorian Formative

KAREN OLSEN BRUHNS
Social and Cultural Development in the Ecuadorian Highlands and Eastern Lowlands during the Formative

PETER W. STAHL
The Zooarchaeological Record from Formative Ecuador

DEBORAH M. PEARSALL
Plant Food Resources of the Ecuadorian Formative: An Overview and Comparison to the Central Andes

DOUGLAS H. UBELAKER
Health Issues in the Early Formative of Ecuador: Skeletal Biology of Real Alto

WARREN R. DeBOER
Ceramic Assemblage Variability in the Formative of Ecuador and Peru

KAREN E. STOTHERT
Expression of Ideology in the Formative Period of Ecuador

TOM CUMMINS
Nature as Culture's Representation: A Change of Focus in Late Formative Iconography

RICHARD L. BURGER
Conclusions: Cultures of the Ecuadorian Formative in Their Andean Context

Appendixes

JAMES A. ZEIDLER
Appendix A: Formative Period Chronology for the Coast and Western Lowlands of Ecuador

RONALD D. LIPPI
Appendix B: Formative Period Chronology for the Northern and Central Highlands of Ecuador

ARTHUR ROSTOKER
Appendix C: Formative Period Chronology for Eastern Ecuador

J. SCOTT RAYMOND
Appendix D: Formative Period Chronology for the Southern Highlands of Ecuador

 

Index