Papers by JJ Ortiz Aguilu
Boletín de antropología americana, 1986
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Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2018
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Latin American Antiquity, 2019
The human head was a potent symbol for many South American cultures. Isolated heads were often in... more The human head was a potent symbol for many South American cultures. Isolated heads were often included in mortuary contexts, representing captured enemies, revered persons, and symbolic “seeds.” At Salango, a ritual complex on the central coast of Ecuador, excavations revealed two burial mounds dated to approximately 100 BC. Among the 11 identified burials, two infants were interred with “helmets” made from the cranial vaults of other juveniles. The additional crania were placed around the heads of the primary burials, likely at the time of burial. All crania exhibited lesions associated with bodily stress. In this report, we present the only known evidence of using juvenile crania as mortuary headgear, either in South America or globally.
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RADIOCARBON, VOL 23, No. 2, pp 236-237, 1981
Results of C-14 measurements from archaeological stratigraphic samples obtained from Las Flores,... more Results of C-14 measurements from archaeological stratigraphic samples obtained from Las Flores, an Ostionoid-Saladoid site in south-central Puerto Rico. In particular , they place the date for the construction of central plaza and possible ball-court, at ca. 700 c.e. making it the earliest scientifically documented structure of that type in the Caribbean archipelago so far.
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Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2018
Marine resource exploitation is documented for the central coast of Ecuador from 10.000 yr B.P., ... more Marine resource exploitation is documented for the central coast of Ecuador from 10.000 yr B.P., with a wide range of fishing techniques developing through time. Most recently, dozens of stone fishing structures have been identified at the Liguiqui archaeological locality, on the Manta Peninsula of Manabí Province. These resemble fish traps such as have been recorded worldwide, though no similar devices have previously been reported on the Pacific coast of tropical or subtropical South America. A preliminary study of the Liguiqui structures is presented here, assessing their geologic, environmental, cultural and chronological context. It is hypothesized that they could have had a double function as fish traps and as fish attractors/containers, and that they were most likely built during the Pre-Hispanic Manteño cultural period.
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Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2018
An essay on the archaeological work of Dr. Jorge G. Marcos (Revised).
A short, critical biography... more An essay on the archaeological work of Dr. Jorge G. Marcos (Revised).
A short, critical biography of the life and contributions of one of the foremost archaeologists from Ecuador.
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boriginal Antillean Pictographs: A New Discovery, 1975
Abstract of paper about discovery of precolumbian cave pictographs found in Mona Island, Caribbean.
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American Antiquity, 1991
Summary results for archaeological research in: BOIS NEUF, Haiti; CUCHARAL-TECLA, Puerto Rico; LA... more Summary results for archaeological research in: BOIS NEUF, Haiti; CUCHARAL-TECLA, Puerto Rico; LAS FLORES, Puerto Rico; and LAS PLANÁS, Puerto Rico.
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Volcanes, cenizas y ocupaciones antiguas en perspectiva geoarqueológica en América Latina, 2017
El estudio de los cambios que sufrió el paisaje costero manabita en el occidente ecuatoriano a lo... more El estudio de los cambios que sufrió el paisaje costero manabita en el occidente ecuatoriano a lo largo de milenios permite interpretar su fisonomía actual, así como comprender su evolución y el uso que le dieron las poblaciones humanas desde tiempos prehispánicos. La Costa es un ambiente muy dinámico, cuyos procesos modeladores no dejan de actuar, lo que hace necesario abandonar aquella perspectiva estática que a veces se tiene del paisaje litoral, que no evalúa sus transformaciones y subestima potenciales cambios e incluso riesgos.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY- CLAIRE SMITH Editor, 2014
A short, critical biography of the life and contributions of one of the foremost archaeologists f... more A short, critical biography of the life and contributions of one of the foremost archaeologists from Ecuador.
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MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS OF INVESTIGATIONS NUMBER 280, Oct 2003
This study used archival and field methods (sediment cores) to investigate the paleoenvironment d... more This study used archival and field methods (sediment cores) to investigate the paleoenvironment during the earliest known human occupation of Vieques Island and address questions of site location, adaptation, and subsistence during the early period. Results show evidence of human impact during Caribbean preceramic occupation that could suggest a much more aggressive subsistence strategy being used than was previously thought.
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Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, Jul 1991
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Proceedings of the New World Conference on Rescue Archaeology , Dec 1992
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Boletìn de Antropologìa Americana, Dec 1986
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Una discusión informal sobre los objetivos de la investigación arqueológica, y en particular sobr... more Una discusión informal sobre los objetivos de la investigación arqueológica, y en particular sobre la misma en los países del 3er Mundo.
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A short, critical biography of the life and contributions of one of the foremost archaeologists from Ecuador.
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