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Bahía Culture

500 BC – 500
CultureSouth America

Pre-Columbian archaeological culture of the central coast of Manabí Province, Ecuador, known for elaborate ceramic figurines and seated 'chief' statuettes, house-model ceramics, and long-distance maritime trade (spondylus shell) reaching as far as Mesoamerica.

Gradually gave way to related coastal traditions (Jama-Coaque continuing further north) and, by the mid-1st millennium AD, the emerging Manteño-Guancavilca sphere.

Borders in 500 BC · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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