Science: Archaeology: Regional: South America: Ecuador

A Late Period Caranqui Chiefdom in the Northern Highlands of Ecuador. Abstract Internet Archaeology 10.

This site describes an archaeological project at the site of Lpez Viejo, in the southern Manab region of coastal Ecuador.

An important discovery by IRD archaeologists reveals that, more than 4000 years ago, early Andean civilizations had become established in a tropical environment where they were not hitherto known to have existed.

Cobo's tale describes an indigenous society in northern Ecuador that proved to be one of the most difficult for the Inkas to conquer in Andean South America.