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Figure 1. — Map of the southern coast of Ecuador, showing the approximate area occupied 

 by sites of the Jambeli Phase. 



the northern portion must also have presented around the beginning 

 of the Christian Era, The mangrove islands extend at the present 

 time from the Peruvian border northeastward to the vicinity of 

 Machala along the coast of El Oro Province (fig. 4). The western 

 side, exposed to the ocean, is subject to erosion from pounding waves, 



