Real Alto and the Origins of Valdivia
Author(s): Jonathan Damp
Year: 2019
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Recent geomorphological analysis of shoreline deposits in Manabí and Santa Elena provinces (Ecuador) provides evidence of significant mid-Holocene marine transgression. Newly obtained radiocarbon dates from relict coastal features places these changes to the Valdivia Phase (4400 to 1500 cal BC). Arguments for and against this phenomenon are reviewed with regard to the role of Real Alto in Early Formative settlement. Finally, ramifications of mid-Holocene shoreline change are discussed with regard to the origins of Valdivia in Southwest Ecuador.
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Real Alto and the Origins of Valdivia. Jonathan Damp. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 450245)
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Keywords
General
Formative
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Geoarchaeology
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Settlement patterns
Geographic Keywords
South America
Spatial Coverage
min long: -93.691; min lat: -56.945 ; max long: -31.113; max lat: 18.48 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 24833