SUPERIOR AGRICULTURE SOCIETIES

All this early civilizations were divided in ranks, were trading experts, used the spondylus, exchanged with many other cultures, etc.
1. La Tolita
  1. This culture is one of the most important in Ecuador.
    1. The inhabitants settled in what todays corepresents the Esmeraldas province
      1. They lived from 500 B.C until 500 A.C
        This culture is well known for the development of the arts.
        Their culture was based in the agriculture and other activities such as hunting or extracting resources from the sea
        It was a society divided according to the rank of its population: framers, goldsmiths, artisans, chieftains, caciques, etc.
2. Bahía
  1. They were located in what today is the Manabí province.
    1. They lived between 500 BCE–500 CE
      1. Merchants traded using the Spondylus with cultures in Chile or Mexico in exchange of different goods such as gold or cooper.
        Its considered one of the first andean ceracmic pioneer-cultures.
3. Jama-Coaque
  1. They inhabited the forested land of the northern part of the Manabí province.
    1. This civilization is known to use balsa canoes to travel across the PAcific Ocean.
      1. Their people were skilled in creating various textiles, artifacts, etc: that were found also in other parts of America.
        The entire culture was lost in hands of a spanish mission to conquer the Inca empire.
4. Guangala
  1. Located in the time between 500 BC C. and 500 BC C.
    1. Were one of the first ones to work with copper and other metals.
      1. They settled down in the Manabí and Guayas provinces.
        Their ceramic had a well polished finish, ending in many anthropormophic and zoomorphic pottery.

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