New Evidence of the Northern Manteño Frontier, The Land of the Pasaos Before the Spanish Encounter

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Early chronicles indicate that the Manteño groups organized themselves along the coast into complex trading chiefdoms: these regional polities, controlled ports, and navigation equipment such as balsa rafts. In addition, maize agriculture combined with seafood products conformed their subsistence economy. Echoing early chronicles, some scholars indicate the existence of two well-differentiated groups, the Manteno at the north and the Guancavilca at the Peninsula de Santa Elena. Others believe there is only one group with minimal regional variations. Most of the studies so far have concentrated at the center of the Manteño or Manteño-Guancavilca cultural region, where it is challenging to observe regional differences. This study aims to contribute to discussing presented evidence obtained at the northern Manteno frontier. More specifically, this work presents data obtained in the region of Cabo Pasao, which, according to the chronicles, was the land of the Pasaos part of the Manteño chiefdoms.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40442.0