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  ARCHEOLOGY 
  IN 
  ECUADOR 
  — 
  COLLIER 
  779 
  

  

  a 
  general 
  coarsening 
  of 
  the 
  pottery, 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  new 
  forms, 
  

   such 
  as 
  the 
  tripod 
  with 
  hoja 
  de 
  cabuya 
  legs 
  and 
  the 
  compotera 
  (pedes- 
  

   tal 
  bowl 
  or 
  dish) 
  , 
  and 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  gold 
  and 
  gilded 
  copper. 
  The 
  

   clay 
  seats, 
  which 
  Uhle 
  used 
  to 
  characterize 
  his 
  post-Tiahuanaco 
  Period, 
  

   fall 
  into 
  Late 
  Cerro 
  Narrio, 
  although 
  [they 
  [are 
  [not 
  particularly 
  charac- 
  

   teristic 
  of 
  the 
  period. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  clear 
  break 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  

   periods 
  at 
  Cerro 
  Narrio 
  but 
  a 
  gradual 
  transition, 
  with 
  a 
  basic 
  pottery 
  

   ware 
  lasting 
  throughout 
  the 
  occupation 
  of 
  the 
  site. 
  No 
  evidence 
  of 
  

   Tiahuanaco 
  influence 
  was 
  found. 
  

  

  Intrusive 
  in 
  the 
  Late 
  Period 
  at 
  Cerro 
  Narrio 
  were 
  two 
  groups 
  of 
  

   ceramics. 
  The 
  first 
  group, 
  which 
  was 
  apparently 
  slightly 
  earlier 
  in 
  

   time 
  than 
  the 
  second, 
  included 
  red 
  and 
  black 
  pottery 
  with 
  engraved 
  

   geometric 
  designs 
  and 
  fragments 
  of 
  quartz-studded 
  graters 
  made 
  of 
  

   pottery. 
  This 
  complex 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  at 
  Macas 
  and 
  to 
  

   the 
  north 
  at 
  Alausi 
  and 
  resembles 
  certain 
  types 
  from 
  Manabi 
  and 
  

   Esmeraldas. 
  The 
  second 
  and 
  later 
  intrusive 
  group 
  included 
  Puruhd 
  

   wares, 
  typical 
  of 
  Chimborazo 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  and 
  Tuncahuan 
  wares 
  

   found 
  in 
  Chimborazo 
  and 
  still 
  farther 
  north. 
  

  

  Inca 
  artifacts 
  and 
  evidence 
  of 
  Inca 
  influences 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  direct 
  

   association 
  with 
  the 
  Late 
  Cerro 
  Narrio 
  complex. 
  Since 
  only 
  the 
  

   Canari 
  are 
  reported 
  as 
  occupying 
  the 
  Cafiar 
  Valley 
  when 
  the 
  Inca 
  

   arrived, 
  it 
  is 
  reasonable 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  Cerro 
  Narrio 
  pottery 
  and 
  

   artifacts 
  were 
  manufactured 
  and 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Canari. 
  

  

  LOJA 
  PROVINCE 
  

  

  South 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Loja 
  this 
  province 
  is 
  archeologically 
  unknown. 
  

   The 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  has 
  been 
  investigated 
  superficially 
  

   by 
  Rivet 
  (Verneau 
  and 
  Rivet, 
  1912-22, 
  pp. 
  113-15), 
  who 
  described 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  Inca 
  ruins, 
  by 
  Uhle, 
  and 
  by 
  Collier 
  and 
  Murra 
  (Collier 
  and 
  

   Murra, 
  1943, 
  pp. 
  30-34). 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  clear 
  Inca 
  horizon 
  in 
  Loja. 
  A 
  

   number 
  of 
  prehistoric 
  occupations 
  have 
  been 
  postulated 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  

   of 
  very 
  scanty 
  evidence. 
  Uhle 
  (1922 
  b, 
  pp. 
  206-07) 
  has 
  stated 
  that 
  

   his 
  "Maya" 
  Period 
  (Early 
  Cerro 
  Narrio) 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  Loja. 
  Col- 
  

   lier 
  and 
  Murra 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  evidence 
  of 
  this 
  complex 
  south 
  

   of 
  the 
  Jubones 
  River. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  thought 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  Proto-Panzaleo 
  II 
  Period 
  (Uhle, 
  

   1927 
  a, 
  p. 
  Ill; 
  Jij6n 
  y 
  Caamafio, 
  1930, 
  pp. 
  141-42) 
  and 
  the 
  Tuncahuan 
  

   Period 
  (Jijdn 
  y 
  Caamafio, 
  1927, 
  1:91; 
  1930, 
  p. 
  179) 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  

   Loja. 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  Tiahuanaco 
  Period 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  asserted 
  

   (Jij6n 
  y 
  Caamafio, 
  1927, 
  1:134; 
  Uhle, 
  1920 
  b, 
  p. 
  52, 
  note). 
  Published 
  

   evidence 
  for 
  these 
  assertions 
  is 
  insufficient 
  or 
  lacking. 
  

  

  Collier 
  and 
  Murra 
  found 
  crude 
  utilitarian 
  pottery 
  of 
  local 
  character 
  

   at 
  several 
  sites 
  in 
  Canton 
  Saraguro, 
  and 
  a 
  distinctive 
  group 
  of 
  painted 
  

   wares 
  in 
  the 
  Catamayo 
  Valley. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  at 
  present 
  to 
  tie 
  up 
  

   these 
  local 
  ceramics 
  with 
  pottery 
  from 
  areas 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  or 
  south. 
  It 
  

  

  