Agricultural Production and Prehistoric Settlement in the   Jama River Drainage, Manabi Province, Ecuador
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This grant permits Drs. Pearsall and Zeidler to conduct one                     season of fieldwork at the site of San Isidro which is located in               the Jama drainage in northern Equador. They will both continue to               excavate at the site and undertake a survey of the surrounding                  reigon. San Isidro contains a large, centrally located earthern                 mound which suggests that it functioned as a regional ceremonial                and administrative center. The site's size and monumental                       architecture imply the existence of surplus production capable of               supporting a dense populaation and materials recovered suggest                  that San Isidro was a major point of external contact and                       commodity flow both along the coast of Equador and between the                  coast and the highlands. Because the stratigraphic and                          chronological sequence at the site is not well established, the                 investigators will analyze materials already collected and                      conduct archaeological testing to locate areas suitable for                     further stratigraphic excavation. Through survey of the Jama                    drainage they will locate other sites. Surface collections and                  limited excavation will be conducted at these as well.                                                                                                          The goal of the research is to study the process of demographic                 growth and the accompanying development of cultural complexity                  which took place in this tropical area of northern Equador.                     Although such complex societies arose in the tropics many times                 in different parts of the world, the underlying processes are not               well understood. This research will allow the testing of                        different models. While Equador is known to be rich in                          archaeological remains, little archaeological research has been                 conducted there. This project will help to remedy that situation.
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