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Archaeology, ethnohistory and exchange along the coast of Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elizabeth J. Currie
Elizabeth J. Currie*
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Department of Archaeology, University of York, Micklegate House, Micklegate, York YO1 1JZ, England
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An account from Fracisco Pizarro's expedition tells of a trading raft encountered along the coast of Ecuador. It gives a rare first-hand record of the established exchange of fine craftwork along the north-western coast of South America. The excavation in 1992–3 of a Manteño-period workshop in Manabí Province gives a corresponding archaeological view of the making of these luxury goods.

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 264 , September 1995 , pp. 511 - 526
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1995

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