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Machalilla

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Site Typeburial DescriptionA cemetery in the Manabi province, loacted at the north end of a former beach on the flanks of a hill. The site has been partly appropriated by a current cemetery.

Site Name Machalilla Site Type burial Description A cemetery in the Manabi province, loacted at the north end of a former beach on the flanks of a hill. The site has been partly appropriated by a current cemetery.

Citation

Page Citation for Machalilla

Page Citation

"Site Details - Machalilla, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-65/17-767. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

Publications

Author Meggers, Betty J., Clifford Evans and Emilio Estrada
Title Early Formative Period of Coastal Ecuador: The Valdivia and Machalilla Phase
Publication Date 1975

Site Information

There are 46 specimens from this Item Group

970.97.44 - monochrome rim sherd

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typesherd Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Manabí Date Collected1970

970.97.45 - mano

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typehandstone Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Manabí Date Collected1970

970.97.1LOT - lithic specimens

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typevarious sub-categories Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Manabí Date Collected1970

970.97.8LOT - ceramic, faunal, and lithic specimens

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typevarious sub-categories Place CollectedSouth America: Ecuador, Manabí Date Collected1970