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El Inga
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Site Typehunting camp
DescriptionAn Early Preceramic paleo-Indian site in Ecuador at a height of 9100 ft in Rio Inga gorge. There is an obsidian workshop and hunting campsite with an estimated date of 10,000 BC. Fishtail stemmed points show technological similarities to the Clovis/Folsom points of Fell's Cave. The variety of point styles and tool types suggest that several cultures may be represented, covering over 5000 years of intermittent occupation.
Site Name
El Inga
Site Type
hunting camp
Description
An Early Preceramic paleo-Indian site in Ecuador at a height of 9100 ft in Rio Inga gorge. There is an obsidian workshop and hunting campsite with an estimated date of 10,000 BC. Fishtail stemmed points show…
An Early Preceramic paleo-Indian site in Ecuador at a height of 9100 ft in Rio Inga gorge. There is an obsidian workshop and hunting campsite with an estimated date of 10,000 BC. Fishtail stemmed points show technological similarities to the Clovis/Folsom points of Fell's Cave. The variety of point styles and tool types suggest that several cultures may be represented, covering over 5000 years of intermittent occupation.
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Page Citation for El Inga
Page Citation
"Site Details - El Inga, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-63/17-1157. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
Publications
Author
Kipfer, Barbara Ann
Title
Archaeology Wordsmith
Site Information
There are 79 specimens from this Item Group
970.94.1 - stemmed projectile point
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeprojectile point
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.1 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.2 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.3 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.4 - lithic shatter
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeshatter
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.5 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.6 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.7 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.8 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.9 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.10 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.11 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.12 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.13 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.14 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.15 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.16 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.17 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.18 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.19 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970
970.102.20 - utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Pichincha, Río Inga
Date Collected1970