Formative period in the archaeology of Ecuador

Anatomy of the term and its practical use

Bibliographic Data

ID19567484
AuthorsAndrey Tabarev (0000-0002-6249-8057, corresponding author), Tabarev A
Year2016
Issue1
Pages110-125
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTeoriya i praktika arkheologicheskikh issledovaniy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2307-2539 • E-ISSN: 2712-8202
PublisherAltai State University (PUBLISHER • RU)
DOI10.14258/tpai(2016)1(13).-08
OpenAlexW2930955585
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited5

The article is devoted to the adaptation of local periodizations to the tasks of comparative studies in frames of large geographical regions (in our case, within the Pacific Basin). The participants of the first joint Russian-Ecuadorian archaeological project faced the problem in 2014-2015 during the excavation of Real Alto site, coastal part of Santa Elena Province. Real Alto is the basic site of Valdivia culture (5500-3500 BP) which belongs to the so called “Formative Period” according to current periodization. The article deals with the detailed anatomy of the term “Formative Period”, its substantial part, history of its introduction into the description of the ancient cultures of South America, key publications on the topic, along with the peculiarities of its use for the ancient cultures on the territory of Ecuador, and with the total or partial correlation with the actual terminology and periodization of the Neolithic in the Russian Far East (Maritime Region, Amur Region), and Japanese Archipelago

Archaeology · Archipelago · Art · Excavation · Formative assessment · Geography · Periodization · Sociology · Terminology · Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America · History

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access