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Bahía
(ca. 500 a.C. – 650 d.C.)
This culture developed along the coastal strip in the Province
of Manabí, south of Bahía de Caráquez.
As a rule, Bahía towns were established on the Pacific
shore. They were formed by earth moulds and platforms on which
temples and houses had been built.
It was a very stratified society ruled by an elite of shamans
and merchants. Economically this society lived on farming,
fishing, terrestrial and maritime long as wellar distance
exchanges.
The principal sanctuary was in the Isla de La Plata, site
where many ceramic offering and numerous spondylus shells
have been found.
The early Bahía pottery, closely associated with
designs, styles and patterns from Chorrera culture, is an
illustrative case of the influence exerted by this culture
upon the peoples in the Period of Regional Development. Bahía
pottery is characterized by representing large figure with
detailed attires or simple and stylized figures of human beings
and animals.
The variety of body ornaments includes necklaces of spondylus
shell, quartz and sodalite, together with earplug and varied
golden ornaments.
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