12,000 YEARS OF ROMANTIC HISTORY.- Thousands of years ago, a people arrived in these lands after a long journey on rafts, finding abundant fruits, wild animals, and a few giant animals with whom they fought for survival. Here they settled and populated, and they built their houses in a circular shape. They worshipped the sun, as it […]
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Like those lovers discovered in the midst of passion, rediscovered centuries later on a distant beach. Thus we live, thus we die. Escaping from strange glances, from meaning and signifier. Moving away into the light of day, so as not to remember the passions of a finite love. I wish we were imprisoned with stones, mud, and sand, covered so […]
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Sumpa, the oldest town on the Ecuadorian coast By Hugo Calle Forrest
According to the theory, the American people came from Asia, entering through the Bering Strait around 25,000 years ago, settling in our territory around 10,000 years ago. Remains of this settlement have been found in Sumpa, the name the natives used to refer to the tip of Santa Elena. Edward Lanning was the one who named […]
Human presence in what is now the province of Santa Elena dates back more than 10,000 years. There are several museums along the Spondylus Route that provide visitors with a glimpse into this history. The map below shows you the museums you can visit […]
The lunar calendar, much more natural and accurate than the current Gregorian-solar calendar, used by many pre-Hispanic cultures in America, and its manifestations through shapes and figures would be, as a starting point, some of the keys left by the ancient Guancavilcas and that today could be used for […]
The first groups to settle along the Ecuadorian coast date back to 11,000 BC; archaeological evidence of their corn cultivation confirms this. Remains of pottery, cooking and ceremonial utensils, agricultural tools, hunting and fishing implements, and some human remains give us an idea of their way of life […]
NEW AUTHORITIES AIM TO MAKE IT A REFERENCE ON THE PENINSULA With the goal of increasing the love for our heritage, a few days ago, the keynote address "Valdivia Housing: Methods for Researching the Ecuadorian Formative" was given by archaeologist Jonathan Damp, who was responsible for several projects in Real Alto, […]
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