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Northern Highland Ecuador
Inventory of Earthen Mound Sites of Northern Highland Ecuador
Fieldwork: May-June 2001
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Inventory of Earthen Mound Sites of Northern Highland Ecuador
Fieldwork: May-June 2001
Principal Investigator, J. Stephen Athens, International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc.
Institutional Sponsor: Instituto Otavaleño de Antropología, Otavalo, Ecuador
Collaborator: José Echeverría A., Catholic University, Ibarra, Ecuador
Research Supported by Grant from Heinz Family Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
Ecuador Mounds
Photo 1. Ramp Mound on ridge slope, west of San José de Minas. Note large platform with ramp trailing down slope to left.

Platform mound

Photo 2. Platform mound, Andrade Marin; cut by road.
General view of platform mound
Photo 3. General view of Photo 2 mound; note house on top.
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