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Jama-Coaque
(350 a.C. – 1532 d.C.) 
This culture extended over northern Manabí and inhabited
an environment characterized by wooded hills close to the
beach. The power was held by a wealthy and powerful minority.
Like neighbouring ethnic groups, the people of Jama-Coaque
culture practiced a terrestrial and maritime long-distance
trade.
The culture and religious core was the ceremonial center
of San Isidro, where several temples were constructed on a
huge pyramid surrounded by a large city.
The skill of Jama-Coaque potters is evidenced primarily by
the manufacture of fine human figures represented as doing
certain tasks and offices Of equal peculiarity and beauty
are the ceremonial figure. The attire shows the existence
of a flourishing textil industry.
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