Un sistema de producción artesanal de cuentas de concha en un contexto doméstico manteño: Japoto (provincia de Manabí, Ecuador)
In the millennium preceding the arrival of the Spanish, the inhabitants of today´s Ecuador produced enormous quantities of shell beads to meet the demands of their elites and those of their more powerful neighbors to the south. Based on an analysis and interpretation of several accumulations of shel...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Institut Français d'Études Andines
2006-11-01
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| Series: | Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/3771 |
| Summary: | In the millennium preceding the arrival of the Spanish, the inhabitants of today´s Ecuador produced enormous quantities of shell beads to meet the demands of their elites and those of their more powerful neighbors to the south. Based on an analysis and interpretation of several accumulations of shell bead preforms found in Earthmound J4 at Japotó, an archaeological habitation site of the Integration Period (AD 800-1535), we discuss several hypotheses concerning the production system that resulted in these beads. |
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| ISSN: | 0303-7495 2076-5827 |