List of Figures List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction1.1. Aims and Scope of the Book1.2. Guangala, Bahía II, and the Salango Sanctuary in the Regional Development1.3. Funerary Practice and Architecture on the Coast of Ecuador in the Archaic and Formative Periods1.
3.1. The Archaic: Las Vegas1.3.2. The Early Formative: Valdivia1.3.3.
The Middle Formative: Machalilla1.3.4. The Late Formative: Engoroy 1.3.5. Summary 1.4.
Funerary Practice and Architecture on the Ecuadorian Coast in the Early Regional Development Period 1.4.1. Jambelí1.4.2. Early Guangala1.4.
3. Bahía II1.4.4. Jama-Coaque and La Tolita1.4.5. Lower Guayas Basin1.
4.6. Summary2. The Salango Sanctuary as an Archaeological Site2.1. The Nature of the Site and its History of Excavation2.2. Constructing the Narrative: Materials, Methods, and Objectives 2.
3. Changing Perception of the Site3. Very Early Guangala3.1. 141B3.1.1. 141B Platform Modifications3.
1.2. 141B Burials3.2. Calle 223.2.1. The East Mound3.
2.1.1. East Mound Burials ?3.2.1.2. East Mound Layers and Features other than Burials 3.
2.2. The West Mound3.2.2.1. Stone Artefact Installations 3.2.
2.2. West Mound Burials 3.2.2.3. West Mound Layers and Features other than Burials 3.2.
3. The Gulley3.2.3.1. Layers, Offerings, and Postholes in the Gulley 3.2.3.
2. Post-mound Gulley Offerings 3.2.4. Other Architectural Elements at Calle 223.2.5. Redeposited Burial Elements at Calle 223.
2.6. Skull Helmets3.2.7. Pathology of the Calle 22 Burials3.3. Discussion3.
3.1. Correlation of the Very Early Guangala Burials at 141B and Calle 223.3.2. Analysis of the Very Early Guangala Burial Patterns3.3.3.
Interpretation of the Very Early Guangala Burial Program at Salango4. Early Regional Development: Description of the Architecture at 141B4.1. The Enclosures at 141B 4.2. Episode 94.3. Episode 104.
4. Episode 114.5. Episode 124.6. Episode 134.7. Episode 144.
8. Episode 15 4.9. Summary of the Early Regional Development Funerary Enclosures5. Early Regional Development: Description of the Burials5.1. The Burials at 141B5.1.
1. Primary Burials: Seated and Flexed5.1.2. Primary Burials: Seated and Cross-legged5.1.3. Primary Burials: Seated with Unknown Posture5.
1.4. Primary Burials: Seated on Large Pottery Plates5.1.5. Primary Burials in Boot-shaped Tombs5.1.6.
Secondary Urn Burials5.1.7. Secondary Bundle Burial 5.1.8. Skull Burial5.1.
9. Chronology and Distribution of the Burials with relation to the Enclosures 5.2. The Burials at 141C 5.3. The Burials at Calle Larga 5.4. The Burials at Calle 22 5.
4.1. Primary Burials 5.4.2. Secondary Burial5.5. The North Entrance Burial and Offering5.
6. The South Entrance Burial 6. Early Regional Development: Burial Configurations, Grave Goods, and Iconography 6.1. Burial Type, Age, Sex, and Orientation6.2. Grave Goods and Iconography6.2.
1. Pottery Vessel Form Categories 6.2.2. Pottery Vessel Styles and Affiliations6.2.2.1.
Annular Based Plates and Polypod Bowls and Plates6.2.2.2. Double Pedestalled Plates6.2.2.3.
Large Pedestalled Plates6.2.2.4. Bottles6.2.2.5.
Double Bottles6.2.2.6. Self-supporting Bowls6.2.2.7.
Cylindrical Jar 6.2.2.8. Jars6.2.2.9.
141C6.2.2.10. Calle 226.2.2.11.
North and South Entrances6.2.3. Grave Goods other than Pottery Vessels6.3. Other Human Remains6.4. Non-human Organic Remains7.
Early Regional Development: Discussion of the Sanctuary7.1. Sanctuary Design and Organising Principles7.2. Elite Identities7.3. Balsa Raft Technology7.4.
Comparison with Other Early Regional Development Burial Assemblages of the Ecuadorian Coast7.5. Interpretation and Meaning of the Sanctuary and Burial Program 8. The Middle Guangala Sanctuary8.1. The Platform at 141B: Episodes 16-198.2. The Perimeter Wall at Calle 228.
2.1. The Stratigraphic Sequence 8.2.2. The Overall Design, History, and Function of the Wall8.3. The Design and Function of the Middle Guangala Sanctuary 9.
General Summary Discussion9.1. Very Early Guangala: A Ritual Response to Disaster9.2. Early Regional Development: The World Remade9.3. Middle Guangala: EndingsConclusionsReferences.