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Working Spondylus at Rio Chico
- Date Issued:
- 2007
- Abstract/Description:
- Debitage from the reduction of Spondylus valves into pieces useful for craft production was recovered at the site of Rio Chico, Manabi Province, Ecuador, from multiple occupations that represent different cultural periods of Coastal Ecuador. The material is analyzed and interpreted from a production context and defines basic production characteristics for each cultural period represented. Changes in these characteristics seen within the sequence are highlighted and then compared against changes found in the regional exchange system defined by Martin (2000). The results indicate that the greatest level of variability and the least processing intensity occurred within the youngest occupation (later Mantefio) and the greatest amount of change through time occurred between the earlier and later Mantefio period. It also suggests that the local production processes did not change in response to changes in the regional exchange system. Instead, responses to changes in the regional trade context could have involved geographic expansion of the Spondylus habitat they exploited by initiating, or expanding an already existing, trade route with Mesoamerica.
Title: | Working Spondylus at Rio Chico. |
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Name(s): |
Skinner, Raymond Keith Brown, Clifford T., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Created: | 2007 | |
Date Issued: | 2007 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 213 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | Debitage from the reduction of Spondylus valves into pieces useful for craft production was recovered at the site of Rio Chico, Manabi Province, Ecuador, from multiple occupations that represent different cultural periods of Coastal Ecuador. The material is analyzed and interpreted from a production context and defines basic production characteristics for each cultural period represented. Changes in these characteristics seen within the sequence are highlighted and then compared against changes found in the regional exchange system defined by Martin (2000). The results indicate that the greatest level of variability and the least processing intensity occurred within the youngest occupation (later Mantefio) and the greatest amount of change through time occurred between the earlier and later Mantefio period. It also suggests that the local production processes did not change in response to changes in the regional exchange system. Instead, responses to changes in the regional trade context could have involved geographic expansion of the Spondylus habitat they exploited by initiating, or expanding an already existing, trade route with Mesoamerica. | |
Identifier: | FA00000964 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007. | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): | Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters | |
Subject(s): |
Ecuador--Río Chico--Antiquities Spondylus Indians of South America--Ecuador--Antiquities Excavation (Archaeology)--Ecuador--Río Chico |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |