Tillage

Cordage

Bone, Horn, and Shell Technology

Woodworking

Ceramic Technology

Lithic Industries

General Tools

Utensils

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Visual Arts

Diagnostic Material Attributes

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Public Structures

Settlement Patterns

Miscellaneous Facilities

Bibliographies in Sources

Reviews and Critiques

Identification

Location

Community Structure

Paint and Dye Manufacture

Chronologies and Culture Sequences

Vegetable Production

Arboriculture

Textile Agriculture

Diet

Climate

Topography and Geology

Mineral Resources

Refuse Disposal and Sanitary Facilities

Commercial Facilities

Internal Trade

Inter-Community Relations

Territorial Hierarchy

Administrative Agencies

Spirits and Gods

Prayers and Sacrifices

Water Supply

Real Property

Ownership and Control of Capital

Social Relationships and Groups

Occupational Specialization

Fishing

Land Use

Material Not Relevant

Fauna

Exchange Transactions

External Trade

Religious and Educational Structures

Masonry

Dwellings

Heating and Lighting Equipment

Housing

Status, Role, and Prestige

Burial Practices and Funerals

Community Heads

Form and Rules of Government

Processing of Basic Materials

Household

Instigation of War

Aftermath of Combat

Organized Ceremonial

Soil

Production and Supply

Flora

Hunting and Trapping

Human Effects on Environment

TRADITION SUMMARY: COASTAL ANDEAN EARLY FORMATIVE

ORIENTATION

CULTURAL SUMMARY

CREDITS

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

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DIAGNOSTIC MATERIAL ATTRIBUTES

REGIONAL SUBTRADITIONS

IMPORTANT SITES

ENVIRONMENT

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CLIMATE

TOPOGRAPHY

GEOLOGY

BIOTA

SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

HOUSING

DEMOGRAPHY

SUBSISTENCE

WILD FOODS

DOMESTIC FOODS

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

UTENSILS

ORNAMENTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS OR CONTROL OF RESOURCES

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Coastal Andean Early Formative tradition is located along the Pacific coast of Peru from southern Ecuador in the north to northern Chile in the south from 4100/3800–3000 BP (2100/1800–1000 BC). The start of the tradition is defined by the introduction of ceramics, and ceramics came into use at different times in different areas: before 5500 BP (3500 BC) in Ecuador, circa 3800 BP (1800 BC) in northern and central Peru and circa 3400–3200 BP (1400–1200 BC) in northern Chile. The people were sedentary and there was a settlement hierarchy with civic/ceremonial centers containing monumental architecture, farming villages along river valleys where irrigation agriculture was possible, and fishing villages along the coastline; inland farmers exchanged vegetable products with coastal dwellers for marine resources. Site sizes and hierarchy may variously indicate chiefdoms or emerging states.

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