Archaeological/ceramic-phase culture of the southwest Ecuadorian coast (Santa Elena Peninsula to southern Manabí), named for its type site; a relatively egalitarian society known for painted drinking-bowl ceramics, growing agricultural sedentism, and trade contacts reaching the highlands.
Considered ancestral to the later Manteño culture, into which it gradually transitioned by the early 2nd millennium AD.
Regional survey covering coastal Ecuadorian Regional Developmental cultures including Guangala.