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Precolumbian Animal Domesticates from Salango, Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Peter W. Stahl  and
Presley Norton
Peter W. Stahl
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University of London, London WC1H OPY
Presley Norton
Affiliation:
Programa de Antropologia para el Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Abstract

Two prehispanic South American animal domesticates, the cavy Cavia porcellus and muscovy duck Cairina moschata, are identified from the later prehistoric occupations of Salango, Manabi province, Ecuador. Possible implications, raised by their presence in an area that is known to have participated in an ancient and widespread trade network, are briefly discussed.

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American Antiquity , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 382 - 391
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1987

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