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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2007
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2007
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Debitage from the reduction of Spondylus valves into pieces useful for craft
production was recovered at the site of Rio Chico, Manabi Province, Ecuador, from
multiple occupations that represent different cultural periods of Coastal Ecuador.
The material is analyzed and interpreted from a production context and defines
basic production characteristics for each cultural period represented. Changes in these
characteristics seen within the sequence are highlighted and then compared against
changes found in the regional exchange system defined by Martin (2000). The results
indicate that the greatest level of variability and the least processing intensity occurred
within the youngest occupation (later Mantefio) and the greatest amount of change
through time occurred between the earlier and later Mantefio period. It also suggests that
the local production processes did not change in response to changes in the regional
exchange system. Instead, responses to changes in the regional trade context could have
involved geographic expansion of the Spondylus habitat they exploited by initiating, or
expanding an already existing, trade route with Mesoamerica.
production was recovered at the site of Rio Chico, Manabi Province, Ecuador, from
multiple occupations that represent different cultural periods of Coastal Ecuador.
The material is analyzed and interpreted from a production context and defines
basic production characteristics for each cultural period represented. Changes in these
characteristics seen within the sequence are highlighted and then compared against
changes found in the regional exchange system defined by Martin (2000). The results
indicate that the greatest level of variability and the least processing intensity occurred
within the youngest occupation (later Mantefio) and the greatest amount of change
through time occurred between the earlier and later Mantefio period. It also suggests that
the local production processes did not change in response to changes in the regional
exchange system. Instead, responses to changes in the regional trade context could have
involved geographic expansion of the Spondylus habitat they exploited by initiating, or
expanding an already existing, trade route with Mesoamerica.
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213 p.
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FA00000964
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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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2007
Date Created Backup
2007
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2007
Date Created (EDTF)
2007
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2007
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FAU
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FA00000964
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
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Skinner, Raymond Keith
Graduate College
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213 p.
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Working Spondylus at Rio Chico
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2007
2007
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Working Spondylus at Rio Chico
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Working Spondylus at Rio Chico