Ritual and Productive Activities in the Mound-Top Structure 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.

Three seasons of excavation at Buen Suceso have identified a series of occupation floors in the area of the site referred to as Unit 6. This area is also the highest at the site, suggesting the existence of a mound or an augmented rise that was utilized during the Valdivia period. This paper describes the occupation sequence of Unit 6, explores the evidence for mound construction in this location, and identifies activity areas within the occupational floors. Analysis of ceramics supports the identification of activity areas and allows for a preliminary seriation of ceramic types from Unit 6. Particular attention is given to the upper floor, for which the most information has been recovered in order to address activities in this structure and its function within the Buen Suceso site as a whole.

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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Abstract Id(s): 36795.0