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=VALDIVIA: =

Valdivia is the name givien to a group of people who first settled in ecuador (About.com). They emerged From the Las Vegas culture, and thrived on Santa Elena peninsula near the city of Valdivia (Wikipedia) between 3500 BC and 1500 BC (About.com). There existence was discovered in 1956 by Emilio Estrada (Wikipedia).

The Valdivia’s communities were built similar to how the Spanish would build there cities, these people would build there communities in a circular pattern instead of a square one around a plaza (Wikipedia). They cultivated maize, squash, hot peppers and cotton (Wikipedia).