The pottery created by the Valdivia dates back to the origins of the culture, according to NMAI. The distinctive female figurines that they created — characterized by their standing pose and ...

Radiocarbon analysis showed the pottery dates back to 4640-4460 BC, a period that borders or coincides with the first stages of Valdivia culture. Scroll down for video The collection ...

Broadly speaking, the culture shared a similar material ... Ceramics from coastal Ecuador often depict female forms (so-called Valdivia Venus figurines), and sometimes these are interpreted ...

This period borders or coincides with the first stages of Valdivia culture, the worldwide famous ceramic figures, a kind of symbol of Ecuador, relates to. At the same time, fragments of San Pedro ...