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Tumaco-La Tolita gold figure. The Tumaco-La Tolita culture or Tulato culture, [1] also known as the Tumaco Culture in Colombia or as the Tolita Culture in Ecuador [2] was an archaeological culture that inhabited the northern coast of Ecuador and the southern coast of Colombia during the Pre-Columbian era.
The Cotocollao lived on farming, cultivating corn, beans, quinoa, potatoes and Lupin beans.They also hunted deer, rabbit, guanta, puma, wolf, guinea pig and doves. [1] They lived in small villages of rectangular huts of lath and mud with straw thatching. [2]
The history of the Republic of Ecuador from 1830 to 1860 begins with the collapse of the nation of Gran Colombia in 1830, followed by the assassination of Antonio José de Sucre and the death of Simón Bolívar from tuberculosis the same year. Heartbroken at the dissolution of Gran Colombia, Bolívar is quoted to have said shortly before his ...
The known sites spread across 300 square kilometres (120 square miles) in the Upano River valley. [3] Rostain's team reported the discovery of fifteen settlements, five of which were described as "large settlements"; [5] they especially prioritized the excavation of two settlements known as Kilamope and Sangay.
The Awá, also known as the Kwaiker or Awa-Kwaiker, are an ancient [quantify] indigenous people of Ecuador and Colombia. They primarily inhabit the provinces of Carchi and Sucumbios in northern Ecuador and southern Colombia, particularly the departments of Nariño and Putumayo. Their population is around 32,555. [1] They speak a language called ...
The Bahía culture (500 BCE–500 CE) was a pre-Columbian culture in Ecuador. [1] Bahía culture originated in what is now the Manabí Province on the Pacific Coast, and spread to Bahía de Caráquez and to the Andean foothills. Their ceramic tradition is one of the first found north of the Andes. [2]
The national park is located on the coast of Ecuador. Large parts are covered by dry tropical forest. There are also several archaeological sites in the area, related to the pre-Columbian Machalilla culture. [11] Puyango Petrified Forest: El Oro, Loja: 1998 viii, ix (natural)
In order to know whether the origin of the Golden sun is the one indicated by Mr. Ariolfo Vásquez (the province of Azuay) or if it comes from the Ecuadorian or Colombian coast, the Central Bank ordered physical-chemical analyzes to be carried out on the two golden suns and several samples from pre-Columbian goldsmith pieces from Ecuador. It ...