A Late Period Caranqui Chiefdom in the Northern Highlands of Ecuador:
Archaeological Investigations at Hacienda Zuleta

Table of Contents

• Homepage
• Resumen
• List of Figures
• Glossary of Terms
• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background to the present study
• 2.0 The Caranqui Region Past and Present
  • 2.1 Historical setting
  • 2.2 Intensive agricultural base and related demography
• 3.0 The Late Period Occupations at Hacienda Zuleta
  • 3.1 The Zuleta Llajta
  • 3.2 Estimating population densities at the Zuleta Llajta
• 4.0 Archaeological Investigations at Hacienda Zuleta
  • 4.1 The mounds at Zuleta
  • 4.2 The first fieldwork phase in 1997
  • 4.3 The second fieldwork phase in 1998
  • 4.4 Excavation of the pipeline trenches
    • 4.4.1 Pipeline sector 4
  • 4.4.2 Pipeline sector 5
  • 4.4.3 Pipeline sector 6
  • 4.4.4 Discussion of the findings
• 5.0 Discussion
• 6.0 Volcanoes and Human Settlement in the Northern Sierra of Ecuador
  • 6.1 The eruption of Quilotoa
  • 6.2 The impact of volcanic ash on human settlements
  • 6.3 A hypothesis to be tested
• 7.0 Conclusions
• 8.0 Acknowledgements
• 9.0 Bibliography
• Gallery of images

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