San Isidro — Jama-Coaque Ceremonial Center
Regional Development (350 BCE–400 CE)·Jama-Coaque·🇪🇨 Manabí Province, Ecuador
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About San Isidro — Jama-Coaque Ceremonial Center
San Isidro — Jama-Coaque Ceremonial Center in Manabí Province, Ecuador is a Regional Development (350 BCE–400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Jama-Coaque. Mound centre with platform mounds and Jama-Coaque ceramic figurine workshops. Zeidler: San Isidro mound centre with 5 platforms and figurine moulds, core Jama-Coaque settlement.
Why it mattersType-site for highland Jama-Coaque occupation
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 350 BCE
- Period
- Regional Development (350 BCE–400 CE)
- Culture
- Jama-Coaque
- Purpose
- Mound centre with platform mounds and Jama-Coaque ceramic figurine workshops
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 350 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
0.1800° S · 80.2000° W · 120 m · 3 mapped features
San Isidro — Jama-Coaque Ceremonial Center — Plaza and Platform Core
plazaCentral plaza and platform mound
0.1798° S · 80.1999° WSan Isidro — Jama-Coaque Ceremonial Center — Residential Sector
residentialDomestic sector
0.1802° S · 80.1998° WSan Isidro — Jama-Coaque Ceremonial Center — Cemetery Extension
necropolisAssociated shaft or chamber cemetery
0.1796° S · 80.2002° W