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The '''Machalilla''' were a [[Prehistoric man|prehistoric people]] in [[Ecuador]], in southern [[Manabí Province|Manabí]] and the Santa Elena Peninsula. The dates when the culture thrived are uncertain, but are generally agreed to encompass 1500 [[common era|BCE]] to 1100 BCE.<ref name="met">[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/03/sa/ht03sa.htm Timeline of Art History: South America, 2000–1000 b.c.] Met. Accessed [[August 2]] [[, 2007]]</ref> 

==Machalilla Culture==
The Machalilla were an [[agriculture|agricultural]] people who also pursued [[fishing]], [[hunter-gatherer|hunting and gathering]]. Like many prehistoric cultures of coastal Ecuador, the people practiced [[artificial cranial deformation]] by using stones to flatten and lengthen their skulls.<ref name="lonely">[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/shop_pickandmix/previews/ecuador-the-galapagos-background-information-preview.pdf Ecuador/The Galapagos Background] ''[[Lonely Planet]] Accessed [[August 2]] [[, 2007]].</ref> 

[[Archaeologist|Archaeologists]] focus on the unusual [[cemetery|cemeteries]] of the Machalilla, in which bodies were settled beneath a ceramic turtle shell,<ref name="exploring">[http://www.exploringecuador.com/museum_bce/machalilla.htm Exploring Ecuador: Machalilla] Accessed [[August 2]] [[, 2007]]</ref> and on their [[ceramics (art)|ceramic work]] in general, which represented artistic and technological advances in the art.<ref name="cultural">[http://www.ecuador.org/cultural.htm Pre-Columbian Art] Embassy of Ecuador in Washington DC. Accessed [[August 2]] [[, 2007]].</ref> The Machalilla are credited with adding to the ceramic bottle the stirrup spout, in which two spouts join together into one opening: an invention that would be prominent in northwest [[South America|South American]] [[pottery]] for centuries.<ref name="met"/> Archaeologists have also excavated ceramic pots, pitchers, whistles, candlesticks and human figures from Machalilla digs.

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