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Tras el camino de la boa arcoiris: las alfarerias precolombinas del bajo rio Napo

Arroyo-Kalin, M; Rivas Panduro, S; (2016) Tras el camino de la boa arcoiris: las alfarerias precolombinas del bajo rio Napo. In: Barreto, C and Lima, HP and Jaimes Betancourt, C, (eds.) Cerâmicas Arqueológicas da Amazônia: Rumo a uma nova síntese. (pp. 463-479). MPEG/ IPHAN: Belem, Brazil.

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Abstract

The archaeology of the lower River Napo was initially known through the pioneering research of Clifford Evans and Betty Meggers, whose four-phase sequence continues to be the backbone of the region’s archaeology. However, in recent decades a number of advances have expanded our understanding of the pre-Columbian occupations of the Napo River basin. Archaeological research in the Upper Amazon and information derived from contract archaeology in Ecuador have shown that pottery with corrugated decoration (Cotacocha phase) is part of an extensive regional tradition that begins in the first millennium of the common era. Missionary collecting in the region, on the other hand, records the Napo phase along the entire lower reaches of the Ecuadorian Napo and documents an extensive vocabulary of shapes and decoration of domestic, festive-ritual and funerary vessels. The latest research extends the regional distribution of the Tivacuno phase, inserts the Yasuní phase in an extensive network of interaction of the late Formative, and - contradicting the model of uninhabited areas (buffer zones) between pre-Columbian riparian societies - records a territory of the proto-historic Omaguas that almost extends to the mouth of the Napo River. In this chapter we synthesize information about the formal characteristics, regional distribution, and chronology of the pottery associated with these phases and with other recently recognized archaeological complexes

Type: Book chapter
Title: Tras el camino de la boa arcoiris: las alfarerias precolombinas del bajo rio Napo
ISBN-13: 978-85-61377-83-0
Publisher version: https://www.museu-goeldi.br/assuntos/publicacao/ca...
Language: Spanish
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Keywords: Archaeological pottery, Amazonia, Napo River, Amazonian Polychrome Tradition
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1540020
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