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Personal ADORNMENT The great quantity of necklaces, bracelets, brooches, and rings found, among many other objects used for personal adornment, shows that the pre-Columbian inhabitants of Ecuador were accustomed to decorating their bodies with distinctive elements taken from nature. more... The TOLITA To the north of Esmeraldas Province is Tolita Island, which owes its name to the mounds of earth, called “tolas”, built by the inhabitants of the area. The great number of pieces of a religious nature found leads us to think that a populated area of a ceremonial nature was located there where metallurgy was developed... more... BAHIA Bahía culture was located south of today’s Manabí Province, with ceremonial centers located on the islands of La Plata and Salango. Its ritual practices and characters have remained, represented in figures manufactured from metal, shells, ceramics and stone with evident ceremonial purposes. more... Musical INSTRUMENTS Music accompanied our ancestors during special ceremonies in which the entire participated, and provided rhythm and harmony to daily life, demonstrated by archeological remnants of wind and percussion instruments depicting musicians and dancers.  more... JAMA-COAQUE Regional Development and Integration Remains that prove their existence have been found on the Ecuadorian coast, in Cojimíes in the south of Esmeraldas, and from Bahía to Caráquez in Manabí. Their extensive legacy especially includes pieces in metal, stone, shell and clay. more... Capulí The Capulí, who pertain to an ethnic group of the plains located in northern Ecuador and southern Colombia, are also known as the “negative of Carchi” because of their ceramics decorated with negative color.more... PIARTAL (Tuncahúan), TUZA (Cuasmal) The pastos--farmers, merchants and metalworkers--inhabited Carchi Province in northern Ecuador, from the basin of the Chota-Mira Rivers to the Guáitara River basin in Columbia. They formed a socially stratified group whose levels were distinguished in various ways. more... The “Coqueros” of Capulí Handbags have been part of women’s daily life since Pre-Columbian times. Archeologists have found similar handbags that are 1000 years old! Why have the hand bags withstood the test of time? more... PANZALEO According to the archeological evidence, the ceramics assigned to the Panzaleo originated in the Cosanga area, in the tributaries of the eastern mountain range of the Amazon region. more... PURUHÁ This culture inhabited the present day province of Chimborazo in the central Ecuadorian Andes. Their material legacy is found particularly in ceramic pieces for daily use, saucers with tall feet decorated in white and red. more... VALDIVIA Valdivia was located in Guayas and Manabí in the north, and their vestiges reached El Oro Province to the south. This was one of the first human settlements to integrate agriculture into daily life, the products of which constituted an important part of the population’s diet. more... THE VENUSES OF VALDIVIA These figures reproduce the female body and are found in abundance among the remains of the Valdivia culture, suggesting that its inhabitants developed some type of ritual related to fertility in which the Venuses played a transitory role. more... CHORRERA The Chorrera were located especially in the provinces of Guayas, Manabí and northern Esmeraldas.  Their ceramics reached a high level of perfection. They worked with select clays with which they achieved thin, fine and highly polished surfaces with multicolored decorations.   more... GUANGALA Vestiges of this culture are found along the coast in the provinces of Guayas and southern Manabí. Their delicate ceramics were made in diverse forms and colors, including black, gray, and a range of reds. more... SEALS The Chorrera were located especially in the provinces of Guayas, Manabí and northern Esmeraldas.  Their ceramics reached a high level of perfection. They worked with select clays with which they achieved thin, fine and highly polished surfaces with multicolored decorations.   more... All articles are written by some of our team co-workers and people related with our store, products and publications.

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