Book

The Ayalán cemetery: a late integration period burial site on the south coast of Ecuador

Smithsonian Institution Press • (29) • Published In 1981 • Pages: ix, 175

By: Ubelaker, Douglas H..

Abstract

This is a detailed archaeological study of the excavation of a Milagro Phase Integration Period cemetery -- the Ayalán cemetery -- located on the southern coast of Ecuador. The site yielded 54 large funerary urns (730 A.D.-1730 A.D.), and 25 primary and two secondary burials (500 B.C.-1155 A.D.).The urns contained secondary skeletal remains of as many as 25 individuals per urn, accompanied by numerous artifacts such as ceramic jars, plates and compoteres, beads, nose rings, copper plates and small spheres of lead with copper inserts. Detailed data are presented in this document on archaeological features, artifacts '…and such biological subjects as demography, pathology, cranial measurements, non-metric observations and cultural practices registered in bone' (p. ii). An appendix written by Brian Hesse, examines the faunal remains associated with the various burial features.

Region

South America

Sub Region

Northwestern South America

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Notes

Douglas H. Ubelaker

Gov. Doc. No.: SI 1.33:29

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-175)

LCCN

80607075

LCSH

Indians of South America--Ecuador--Antiquities