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The Ecuadorian Constitution accords the members of a Free Union family, the same rights and duties as any other legally constituted family. There are many variations in family structure, as well as in the social and cultural structure in Ecuador, depending on the socioeconomic position in which people live.
Ecuador's mainstream culture is defined by its Hispanic Mestizo majority, and like their ancestry, it is traditionally of Spanish heritage, influenced in different degrees by Amerindian traditions, and in some cases by African elements. The first and most substantial wave of modern immigration to Ecuador consisted of Spanish colonists ...
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iii, v (cultural) The Mayo-Chinchipe culture existed from 5500 BCE to 1700 BCE in the highlands of Ecuador, in the upper Amazon region. Based on the archaeological findings, they traded with the coastal Valdivia culture and imported items such as sea shells.
The Valdivia culture, an outgrowth of the Las Vegas culture, was an important early civilization. While archaeological finds in Brazil and elsewhere have supplanted those at Valdivia as the earliest-known ceramics in the Americas, the culture retains its importance due to its formative role in Amerindian civilization in South America, which is ...
Ecuadorian cuisine is diverse, varying with altitude and associated agricultural conditions. Ecuadorian cuisine is an amalgamation of Spanish , Andean , and Amazonian cuisines and to a lesser degree Italian , Lebanese , African , and Chinese .
The Valdivia culture is one of the oldest settled cultures recorded in the Americas. It appeared thousand years after Las Vegas culture and thrived along the coast of Santa Elena peninsula in Santa Elena Province of Ecuador between 3500 BCE and 1500 BCE. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Chorrera culture or Chorrera tradition is a Late Formative indigenous culture that flourished between 1300 BCE and 300 BCE in Ecuador. [1] Chorrera culture was one of the most widespread cultures in pre-Columbian Ecuador , spanning the Pacific lowlands to the Andean highlands, [ 2 ] and even into southern Colombia .