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Page 687
... Puerto Rico and Hispaniola . Carved stone pestles , with human and animal designs , are also common , along with strange " stone collars " -oval carvings that may be re- lated to the yugos of Mexico and Guatemala . The most prevalent ...
... Puerto Rico and Hispaniola . Carved stone pestles , with human and animal designs , are also common , along with strange " stone collars " -oval carvings that may be re- lated to the yugos of Mexico and Guatemala . The most prevalent ...
Page 688
... Puerto Hormiga excavations re- veal that a pottery - making culture existed as early as 3,000 BC . The more definite cultural expressions , how- ever , are not found in quantity until San Agustín , which came into existence with the ...
... Puerto Hormiga excavations re- veal that a pottery - making culture existed as early as 3,000 BC . The more definite cultural expressions , how- ever , are not found in quantity until San Agustín , which came into existence with the ...
Page 841
... Puerto Hormiga in Colombia ( be- fore 3000 BC ) and Valdivia in Ecuador ( c . 2700 BC ) . The period ends with the spread of the Chavín cult about 1000 BC ( Rowe estimates 1400 BC ) . The introduction of pottery at first made little ...
... Puerto Hormiga in Colombia ( be- fore 3000 BC ) and Valdivia in Ecuador ( c . 2700 BC ) . The period ends with the spread of the Chavín cult about 1000 BC ( Rowe estimates 1400 BC ) . The introduction of pottery at first made little ...
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