The Chorrera were located especially in the provinces of Guayas, Manabà 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. Â
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With the Chorrera we find a diversity of containers such as bowls and plates, whose decorations reflect the high level of technology they achieved. For example, they applied iridescent paint with which they achieved brilliant and opaque black surfaces.
Chorrera vessels reproduced human figures and figures reflecting the kind of food they ate: cereals, and vegetables such as pineapple, squash, guava, and pumpkin. There are also containers representing animals such as monkeys, snails, ducks and dogs, as well as images of the surrounding environment, such as ocean waves and vegetation.
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