| 词条 | Cotocollao culture |
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The Cotocollao culture were an indigenous Pre-Columbian culture the valley that is now Quito, in Ecuador. IntroductionThe Cotocollao Indians were the first inhabitants of the mountains of what is now Ecuador. They lived approximately 1,500 to 500 years BCE. The Cotocollao had a culture based on art and they made very fine pieces of ceramic for the time in which they lived. ArtworkProbably the most distinguishing feature of the Cotocollao Indians was their ability to create ceramic artwork. They made ceramics that were more for decoration than for their usefulness. It is not known whether or not they had a special place inside their houses to make ceramic artwork or not. To make the ceramic, the Cotocollaos used a paste made of pumice powder. The surface of the ceramic is known for its distinctive red tint. So mastered were they at this artwork that some pieces of ceramic are even known to produce certain animal or bird sounds. The quality of the ceramics was superior to all others in that time period. From the thousands of fragments of ceramic found in the area today, about 20% of them are decorated in some form by incisions, red paint, and in some rare cases, an iridescent coating. References
4 : Indigenous peoples in Ecuador|History of Ecuador|Pre-Columbian cultures|Indigenous peoples of the Andes |
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