Mayo-Chinchipe
The Mayo-Chinchipe culture existed from c. 5500 – 1700BC in the highlands of what is now Ecuador.[1][2]
Location
It extended from the sources of Valladolid river, in the Podocarpus National Park in Ecuador, to where Chinchipe flows into the Marañon (in the area of Bagua, Peru), and received its name from the river names.[3]
Culture
The best known Mayo-Chinchipe site is Santa Ana (La Florida), where a temple and ceremonial hearth have been found.[2] The culture is believed to have included shamanism and other specialist work roles.[4] It used stone and pottery technologies, and consumed cacao and possibly corn beer.[5]
Trading
The culture is believed to have traded plants with coastal cultures such as the Valdivia.
References
- ^ "The Mysterious Origins of Chocolate Just Got Pushed Back by 1,500 Years". sciencealert.com. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
- ^ a b UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Mayo Chinchipe - Marañón archaeological landscape - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
- ^ Mayo-Chinchipe culture (Spanish) Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine - Proyecto Zamora - Chinchipe
- ^ "Mayo-Chinchipe |". palanda.arqueo-ecuatoriana.ec. Archived from the original on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
- ^ "Origin of chocolate shifts 1,400 miles and 1,500 years | Science". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-30.