Volcanic impediments in the progressive development of pre-Columbian civilizations in the Ecuadorian Andes |
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Authors: | Minard L Hall Patricia A Mothes |
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Institution: | Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Casilla 1701-2759, Quito, Ecuador |
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Abstract: | Archaeological investigations in Ecuador have proposed that there appear to be hiatus or anomalous jumps in the progressive development of pre-Columbian indigenous cultures, based upon the fact that their ceramics and tools demonstrate abrupt advances in their sophistication at several horizons in the soil profile. Because some of these horizons are clearly associated with volcanic ash layers, archaeologists have sought a causal relation with volcanism, that is, the eruptive events or their products severely interfered with the early inhabitants, resulting in their abandonment of certain areas. |
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Keywords: | Ecuador pre-Columbian cultures hiatus volcanic eruptions |
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