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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  Catamayo 
  pottery 
  is 
  of 
  Palta 
  manufacture, 
  

   but 
  there 
  is 
  insufficient 
  evidence 
  to 
  connect 
  Palta 
  with 
  any 
  archeo- 
  

   logical 
  manifestation. 
  

  

  THE 
  COASTAL 
  REGION 
  

  

  The 
  Coast 
  of 
  Ecuador 
  is 
  less 
  well 
  known 
  archeologically 
  than 
  the 
  

   Sierra. 
  Circular 
  and 
  pyramidal 
  mounds, 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  known, 
  are 
  found 
  over 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  region. 
  Large 
  mounds 
  

   are 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  El 
  Oro, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  this 
  province 
  is 
  an 
  archeo- 
  

   logical 
  blank. 
  Mounds 
  and 
  other 
  evidences 
  of 
  prehistoric 
  human 
  

   occupation 
  are 
  abundant 
  in 
  Guayas, 
  and 
  local 
  collectors 
  have 
  been 
  

   active, 
  but 
  little 
  of 
  a 
  systematic 
  nature 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  on 
  this 
  

   province. 
  The 
  extensive 
  material 
  excavated 
  by 
  Carlos 
  Zevallos 
  

   Menendez, 
  of 
  Guayaquil, 
  in 
  Guayas 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Puna 
  is 
  as 
  yet 
  

   unanalyzed 
  and 
  unpublished. 
  Ferdon's 
  preliminary 
  report 
  (1941 
  b) 
  

   on 
  his 
  excavations 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  refuse 
  deposit 
  at 
  La 
  Libertad, 
  Santa 
  

   Elena 
  Peninsula, 
  reveals 
  little, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  published 
  before 
  a 
  pottery 
  

   analysis 
  and 
  classification 
  had 
  been 
  made. 
  

  

  MANABI 
  PROVINCE 
  

  

  The 
  hilly 
  region 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Manta 
  was 
  explored 
  and 
  described 
  

   by 
  Saville 
  (1907-10). 
  This 
  locality 
  is 
  well-known 
  for 
  the 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  unique 
  stone 
  seats 
  found 
  there. 
  These 
  U-shaped 
  seats 
  are 
  sup- 
  

   ported 
  by 
  pedestals 
  carved 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  crouching 
  animals 
  or 
  human 
  

   figures 
  (pi. 
  158, 
  a, 
  b). 
  The 
  seats, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  stone 
  bas-reliefs 
  (pi. 
  158, 
  

   c-e) 
  and 
  columns, 
  were 
  found 
  within 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  numerous 
  stone 
  

   houses 
  or 
  enclosures, 
  known 
  locally 
  as 
  corrales, 
  that 
  are 
  scattered 
  over 
  

   the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  valleys 
  between. 
  Another 
  feature 
  

   of 
  the 
  locality 
  are 
  tombs 
  cut, 
  like 
  wells, 
  6 
  to 
  9 
  feet 
  (2 
  to 
  3 
  m.) 
  deep 
  into 
  

   bedrock 
  and 
  sealed 
  with 
  a 
  stone 
  cover. 
  Excavated 
  from 
  the 
  house 
  

   sites 
  were 
  pottery, 
  many 
  beautifully 
  made 
  human 
  figurines 
  of 
  clay 
  

   (pi. 
  158,/, 
  h, 
  i), 
  carefully 
  made 
  spindle 
  whorls 
  bearing 
  deeply 
  cut 
  

   incised 
  designs, 
  and 
  pottery 
  molds 
  and 
  seals. 
  The 
  seats 
  and 
  other 
  

   stone 
  carvings 
  and 
  corrales 
  are 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  area 
  between 
  the 
  Rio 
  

   Chone 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  Collo 
  on 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  material 
  from 
  this 
  

   area 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  related 
  to 
  that 
  found 
  by 
  Dorsey 
  (1901) 
  on 
  La 
  

   Plata 
  Island, 
  where 
  also 
  was 
  found 
  an 
  Inca 
  burial. 
  

  

  Later, 
  Jij6n 
  y 
  Caamano 
  excavated 
  in 
  the 
  Manta 
  region 
  at 
  Cerro 
  

   Jaboncillo 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  present 
  city 
  of 
  Manta, 
  but 
  he 
  has 
  as 
  yet 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  only 
  a 
  preliminary 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  (1930, 
  pp. 
  132-40) 
  . 
  An 
  

   excavation 
  in 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  corrales 
  revealed 
  the 
  following 
  sequence: 
  

   Inca; 
  Manteno 
  Period 
  (consists 
  of 
  polished 
  black 
  ware 
  with 
  engraved 
  

   designs, 
  and 
  molded 
  clay 
  figurines) 
  ; 
  Proto-Panzaleo 
  II. 
  At 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  earthen 
  pyramids 
  with 
  stone-faced 
  terraces 
  located 
  east 
  of 
  

   Manta 
  another 
  stratigraphic 
  sequence 
  was 
  found, 
  as 
  follows: 
  Recent 
  

  

  