Social and Physical Landscape Changes at Buen Suceso

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Finding Community in the Past and Present through the 2022 PARCC Field School at Buen Suceso, Ecuador" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Four seasons of excavation at the Valdivia site of Buen Suceso allow for a preliminary reconstruction of an occupational history of the site. Areas with likely ritual significance point to social changes at the site that demonstrate the unique nature of the Buen Suceso community. This paper situates the Buen Suceso site within its local landscape and explores the connection between spatial and social change by focusing on two areas of the site identified as the central plaza and the mound referred to as Unit 6. We analyze changing practices at these two locations to discuss their relationship to social change at Buen Suceso, and their significance in light of social changes at other Valdivia sites.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Finding Community in the Past and Present through the 2022 PARCC Field School at Buen Suceso, Ecuador   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 36996.0