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The Manteño tradition of coastal Ecuador dates from 1200 to 410 BP (AD 800 - AD 1590) and was characterized by complex, centralized polities, including urban settlements of thousands of people.  The archaeological record also includes civic-ceremonial centers, hilltop ritual sites, cemeteries, residential satellites, and villages and hamlets. The polities apparently were based on family and communal modes of production, and kin organization and social ranking were important. Complex metallurgy was present.

La Cultura Manteña

Arqueologia de Manabi central

The pearl divers of Los Frailes

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The Ayalán cemetery

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Estrada, Emilio	La Cultura Manteña	1957
Estrada, Emilio	Arqueologia de Manabi central	1962
Mester, Ann Marie	The pearl divers of Los Frailes	1997
Stothert, Karen	Tradition summary	1999
Ubelaker, Douglas H.	The Ayalán cemetery	1981

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