JAMBELI CULTURE — ESTRADA, MEGGERS, EVANS 4!)1 



Fund Island, Guayas Province: 



P-2: Campo Alegre No. 1 



P-8 



P-9 



P-12: Los Chalacos 



P-13: Jer6ninio 

 Guayas Province: 



G-84: Posorja 



G-86: La Manguita 



G-109 

 Lagarto Salitre, Guayas Province: 



G-L-2 



G-L-3 



G-L-7 



G-L-9 



G-L-12 



G-L-27 



G-L-28 



G-L-29 



G-L-30: Cangrejito 



G-L-34 

 El Morro Salitre, Guayas Province : 



G-Mo-3 



G-Mo-11 



G-Mo-15 



G-Mo-17 

 B. JambelI Sites Without Potteuy: 

 Lagarto Salitre, Guayas Province: 



G-L-13 



G-L-16 



G-L-18 



G-L-20 



G-L-21 

 EI Morro Salitre, Guayas Province: 



G-Mo-16 



Artifacts 



As is typical of cultures of the Regional Developmental Period on 

 the Ecuadorian coast (cf. Estrada, 1962, p. 52), the Jambeli culture 

 is characterized by a variety of small ornaments, figurines, and 

 objects of uncertain utility. The most frequently used material is 

 shell, except for figurines, the majority of which are of pottery. Stone 

 was rarely employed, possibly in part because of the absence of 

 suitable raw materials in the mangrove swamp area. Bone and wood 

 were probably also utilized, but conditions of preservation have pro- 

 hibited their siu*vival. 



Shell Artifacts 



Shell artifacts are of two kinds: small complete shells carved or 

 perforated for suspension, and objects fashioned from Spondylus 



