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Buen Suceso: A New Multicomponent Valdivia Site in Santa Elena, Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2020

Sarah M. Rowe Open the ORCID record for Sarah M. Rowe [Opens in a new window]  and
Guy S. Duke
Sarah M. Rowe*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, Texas78539, USA
Guy S. Duke
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, Texas78539, USA
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(sarah.rowe@utrgv.edu, corresponding author)
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Abstract

New radiocarbon dates and excavations show that Buen Suceso (OSE-M-2M-4) in Santa Elena, Ecuador, was occupied between 3700 and 1425 BC. These dates demonstrate that Buen Suceso is a rare multicomponent Valdivia site and one of the longer-occupied Valdivia sites investigated to date.

Nuevas excavaciones y fechados radiocarbónicos demuestran que Buen Suceso (OSE-M-2M-4; Santa Elena, Ecuador) estuvo habitado entre 3700 y 1425 aC (Valdivia, fase Ib a fase VIIIb). Estas fechas señalan que se trata de un sitio Valdivia multicomponente excepcional y uno de los habitado por más tiempo, entro los sitios Valdivia investigados hasta la fecha. El diseño circular del sitio sugiere procesos sociales muy diferentes a los del sitio contemporáneo Real Alto (OGCh-12). Futuras comparaciones entre ambos sitios podrían revelar de manera fructífera la variación social en esta cultura formativa.

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ValdiviaFormative periodradiocarbon datesEcuadorValdiviaperiodo Formativofechados radiocarbónicosEcuador
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Latin American Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , September 2020 , pp. 639 - 645
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Copyright © 2020 by the Society for American Archaeology

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