CERRO JABONCILLO AND THE SOCIOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF THE MANTEO POLITY OF COASTAL ECUADOR

Florencio Delgado Espinoza, PhD Centro de Estudios Socioculturales Universidad San Francisco de Quito

MATERIAL CULTURAL ENCONTRADO EN PROSPECCION

ESTRUCTURAS ENCONTRADAS EN EL CAMPO

ZONA DE SILOS

Poblacin: Agua Blanca (Centro Civico) 6,500 personas Julcuy (Valle aluvial) 580 personas Cerro Jaboncillo 7200 a 8600 personas. Densidad poblacional Agua Blanca 1 per 100 m cuadrados Jaboncillo 1 per 30 metros cuadrados

Espacios domesticos vs. administrativos

Julcuy contiene solo espacios domesticos, unidades agricola Agua Blanca (Salangome) Diferenciacion clara entre espacios administrativos vs domesticos Espacios Administrativos -presencia de Sillas -Estructuras mas del doble de la media . -Asociados a bienes de prestigio. Predileccion geografica por los lugares altos.

AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST (n. s., 9, 1907) In "The Archeology of Manab, Ecuador," and " Notes on the Andean Cultures," Professor Marshall H. Saville gave an interesting account of a successful expedition to those regions. He obtained an unrivaled collection of so-called stone seats from the environs of Monte Cristo in the coast region of Manab. The entire absence of stone implements except hammer-stones was noted. Objects of copper also are rare. There are very few ruins in Ecuador, this being especially true of Manab. In the interior or Andean region only two ruins are known. The present language here is Quichua, but Inca influence is very slight on the archeology of the district. As one goes north the Inca influence becomes less and less apparent. Most of the antiquities found in the Andean district came from near Rioba mba. Many fine examples of pottery, decorated by the so-called lost color process that characterizes a certain group of Chiriquian pottery as described by Holmes, were obtained at Riobamba. This ware is found also in northern Ecuador and southern Colombia. The valuable collections made by Professor Saville belong to Mr. George G. Heye of New York, under whose patronage the expedition was conducted. The report on Manab will be published privately very soon.