Formative Period
During the Formative Period, people of the region moved from the hunter-gather and simple farming into a more developed society, with permanent developments, an increase in agriculture and the use of ceramics. New cultures included the Machalilla culture, Valdivia, Chorrera on the coast; Cotocollao, and The Chimba in the Sierra; and Mayo Chinchipe (4500 BC— AD 1532), Pastaza, Chiguaza and many other in the Oriente region. The Cerro Narrío or Chaullabamba cultre throve from 2000 BC to AD 600 in the southern Cañar and Azuay provinces.
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