Manteño-Huancavilca culture
Manteño | |||||||||
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| c. 600–1530 | |||||||||
A map of the Manteno culture (red) within Ecuador (yellow). The eastern boundary was complex (not shown) | |||||||||
| Capital | Manta | ||||||||
| Historical era | Integration | ||||||||
• Established | c. 600 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1530 | ||||||||
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The Manteño-Huancavilca culture (Spanish: Los Manteños) were one of the last pre-Columbian cultures in modern-day Ecuador, active from 850 to 1600 CE (1150–400 BP). It encompasses the area of the earlier Valdivia culture.