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.
Broad regional survey placing Bahía within the Ecuadorian coastal Regional Developmental sequence.