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Brochure of the cultures of Ecuador

This brochure will contain information of cultures:
La tolita, Cotocollao, Jama- Coaque

The culture tolita

The culture of Tumaco-La Tolita was a pre-Columbian culture thatspread throughout the coastal region of Colombia and Ecuador.Two of the most remarkable sites of the Amerindian culture areTumaco and La Tolita, of which it is named. Depending onthe source, may appear also called Tumaco culture or La Tolita. Theavailable archaeological evidence of this culture is ancient in the case of the siege of La Tolita, whose materials have been datedaround 600 BC. C., while at the earliest dates Tumaco correspondto 300. C.
Location:
This ancient Indian stage that developed between 600 a. C. and 400d. C. Had its main settlement on the James Riverestuary, north of the province of Esmeraldas, and its name comes from one of the islands lying at the mouth of the river, where there are numerous memorialsTolas or as mounds of earth.
Findings:
They were discovered in the archaeological zone, which theColombian researcher Julio Cesar Cubillos call "pre-Columbiangarbage", these give evidence of excess of artistic work made ​​bythese people wasof particular interest to the researcher found gold particles of various shapes and capricious: composite with bits ofyarn for the textile industry.

Art:
Stressesthe gold jewelry and tumbaga in the form of beautifulmasks and figurines that reflect a hierarchical society with ceremonial complexes. These pieces come from the tola, scatteredgraves mounded with rich grave goods thathave repeatedly been victims of looting.
The pottery of this culture highlighted many examples of customs,religion, dress, ornaments, physiognomy in short everything aboutthe ethnic groups for centuries inhabited the Pacific coast. It should be noted that the earrings, nose rings, ornaments, headbands and pectorals. The pottery was used in the manufacture of utensils for everyday use, but also for ritualuse pieces and sculpture. Through these pieces can learn different customs of the people who carriedthis culture.
"The excellence of the pottery and jewelry from The Tolita has meant that culture is best known and the literature of Esmeraldas is, without doubt, the more fed on pre-Columbian Ecuador, but unfortunately, we can say that much it is unknown or unnoticed in Ecuador for having been writtenin a high percentage of foreign authors '' The Tolita is the site for the first time in history worked onplatinum, when the same precious metal it begins to use in Europe only in the eighteenth century. Skilled lapidary gemstones workedas emerald, quartz, agate and turquoise, to set them in gold and silver jewelry .

Religion:

Their religion was polytheism and animism. Practice a religion ledby the lords or rulers. Cult deities born of the surrounding real worldas jaguar, snake, eagle, the harpy eagle and alligator. Intensepriestly activity, with the participation of shamanism, stimulatingconsumption and use of plants from diverse environmentalelements. Profusion of major architectural works to use them toplaces of worship and the priestly class.



Culture CotocollaoCotocollao is an archaeological culture related to a people who inhabited the valley of Quito (Ecuador) between 1500a. C. and 500. C., also known as catacollaos.
Location:
According to the evidence, the first inhabitants of theSierra of what is now Ecuador were Cotocollaos. They lived north of Quito about 1500 to 500 years before Christ.They had a very artisan culture and made very fine figuresandpottery.



History:
The study on Cotocollaos began in 1976 when some students found several human bones near their school. It is believed that the funeralolder used the corn husks to wrap their dead, but at the end of their existence was more common community put in a tomb.
The Cotocollaos were primarily farmers who grew and ate corn andbeans. They lived in valleys fertile and...