Richard M Lunni

Biographic Data

ID1303390
NAMERichard M Lunni
GIVEN NAMESRichard M
FAMILY NAMELunni
SIGNATURELUNNI R M
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad Técnica de Manabí
ORCID0000-0002-0402-438X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS19
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Community, Place, and Identity in Middle Formative Coastal Ecuador

    Open AccessRichard M Lunni, D H UbelakerARTICLELatin American Antiquity2025Cited by: 1References: 18

    Thirty-one individuals buried at Salango, a Machalilla phase fishing village, constitute the only significant Middle Formative funerary assemblage so far recovered for the coast of Ecuador. Our description and discussion of the burials in the context of the nature, location, and history of the settlement and a comparison with preceding coastal Valdivia and contemporary highland Cotocollao funerary practices show that, although they represent a ne…

  • Massive offerings of marine fish at Salango, coastal Ecuador, during the Middle Guangala phase (AD 300–600)

    Camille Lacorne, Richard M Lunni et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Island and Coastal…2024References: 5

  • Investigation of Identity and Ontology at Salango, Ecuador (BCE 100-300 CE)

    Sara L Juengst, Richard M Lunni et al.ARTICLEBioarchaeology International2023

    Bioarchaeologists have increasingly investigated social identities of past peoples, engaging with theory from a variety of sources, including Indigenous perspectives. In this article, we discuss and compare successive Very Early Guangala (100 BCE–CE 1) and succeeding Early Guangala (CE 1–300) phase burials located near the north perimeter of Salango, a shoreline site and ritual sanctuary serving multiple communities of the central coast of Ecuado…

  • Morbidity and Mortality in Ancient Ecuador

    Open AccessD H Ubelaker, Richard M Lunni et al.ARTICLEChungara2023

    Archaeological excavations at Salango, on the central coast of Ecuador, have produced human skeletal material dating from ca. 1500 BC to AD 1531. The time range represented by the remains offers an extraordinary opportunity to examine temporal change in ancient coastal Ecuadorian patterns of morbidity and mortality. Statistics resulting from study of the skeletal material are shaped by sampling, site function, and other factors, but generally rev…

  • Manteño, Geography and Culture of

    Open AccessRichard M Lunni, Richard LunnissCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Global Archaeology2020

  • Unique Infant Mortuary Ritual at Salango, Ecuador, 100 BC

    Open AccessSara L Juengst, Richard M Lunni et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2019Cited by: 1References: 19

    The human head was a potent symbol for many South American cultures. Isolated heads were often included in mortuary contexts, representing captured enemies, revered persons, and symbolic "seeds." At Salango, a ritual complex on the central coast of Ecuador, excavations revealed two burial mounds dated to approximately 100 BC. Among the 11 identified burials, two infants were interred with "helmets" made from the cranial vaults of other juveniles.…

  • Manteño, Geography and Culture of

    Open AccessRichard M Lunni, Richard LunnissCHAPTEREncyclopedia Of Global Archaeology2018

  • Pre-Hispanic Fishing Structures Preserved on the Central Coast of Ecuador

    Open AccessCristian M Favier Dubois, D Storchi Lobos et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maritime Archaeology2018References: 10

  • Sea Fishing at Salango (Manabí Province, Ecuador) During the Middle Formative Machalilla Phase

    Open AccessP Béarez, Patrick Gay et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2012Cited by: 16References: 22

    Formative Ecuadorian coastal societies possessed the technologies and skills necessary not only for fishing, but also for deep-sea navigation. Although marine shellfish are acknowledged as significant both for dietary and religious purposes, the importance of sea-fishing is rarely highlighted or explored. In order to help evaluate more fully the significance of the sea in the Ecuadorian Formative, this paper presents recently studied evidence, ex…

  • The Past in the Present

    Open AccessDaniel E Bauer, Richard M Lunni et al.ARTICLEThe Latin Americanist2010Cited by: 1References: 8

  • Where the Land and the Ocean Meet

    Richard M Lunni, Richard LunnissCHAPTERPre-Columbian Landscapes of…2008

  • Salango

    Richard M Lunni, Richard Lunniss et al.CHAPTER2003