%0 Book Section %B Archaeology of Formative Ecuador: A symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 7 and 8 October 1995 %D 2003 %T Conclusions: Cultures of the Ecuadorian Formative in Their Andean Context %A Richard L. Burger %E Raymond, J. Scott %E Richard L. Burger %C Washington, D.C. %I Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection %K Ecuador Antiquities Congresses. %K Excavations (Archaeology) Ecuador Congresses. %K Indian pottery Ecuador Congresses. %K Indians of South America Ecuador Antiquities Congresses. %K Social archaeology Ecuador Congresses. %L ck F3721mstax F3721rstk %P 465-486 %Z J. Scott Raymond and Richard L. Burger, editors ; Jeffrey Quilter, general editor.ill., maps ; 24 cm.Introduction / J. Scott Raymond and Richard L. Burger -- A reassessment of the Ecuadorian Formative / Jorge G. Marcos -- Social formations in the western lowlands of Ecuador during the early Formative / J. Scott Raymond -- Settlement process and historical contingency in the western Ecuadorian Formative / James A. Zeidler and John S. Isaacson -- Social and cultural development in the Ecuadorian highlands and eastern lowlands during the Formative / Karen Olsen Bruhns -- The Zooarchaeological record from Formative Ecuador / Peter W. Stahl -- Plant food resources of the Ecuadorian Formative : an overview and comparison to the Central Andes / Deborah M. Pearsall -- Health issues in the early Formative of Ecuador : skeletal biology of Real Alto / Douglas H. Ubelaker -- Ceramic assemblage variability in the Formative of Ecuador and Peru / Warren R. DeBoer -- Expression of ideology in the Formative period of Ecuador / Karen E. Stothert -- Nature as culture's representation : a change of focus in late Formative iconography / Tom Cummins -- Conclusions: cultures of the Ecuadorian Formative in their Andean context / Richard L. Burger -- Appendix A: Formative period chronology for the coast and western lowlands of Ecuador / James A. Zeidler -- Appendix B: Formativeperiod chronology for the northern and central highlands of Ecuador / Ronald D. Lippi -- Appendix C: Formative period chronology for eastern Ecuador / Arthur Rostoker -- Appendix D: Formative period chronology for the southern highlands of Ecuador / J. Scott Raymond. %@ 0884022927