After 3,000 years, the enduring site of Potrero Mendieta is still overlooking the Jubones River Basin

Author(s): Miriam Domínguez

Year: 2016

Summary

The archaeological study of intercultural encounters in the context of a geographically interstitial zone, such as the Jubones River Basin in present-day Ecuador, elucidates the interconnectedness of multiple historical processes and evaluates the notion that such convergences have existed since antiquity. Preliminary archaeological fieldwork and analysis of the material culture from Potrero Mendieta revealed monumental architecture, and ceramic and lithic traditions that denote cultural associations with both the Formative populations from the Pacific coast of Ecuador and those of the eastern lowlands. It is a platitude to assert that after a three-season program of archaeological investigation at the site there is no resolution on the nature of Potrero Mendieta. This poster illustrates just a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg.

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After 3,000 years, the enduring site of Potrero Mendieta is still overlooking the Jubones River Basin. Miriam Domínguez. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 404890)

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Geographic Keywords
South America

Spatial Coverage

min long: -93.691; min lat: -56.945 ; max long: -31.113; max lat: 18.48 ;