Introduction to the project -- Pottery wares and forms -- Petrographic analysis of selected ceramics from two sites in Ecuador / David V. Hill -- Pottery decoration -- Pottery comparisons -- Effigy vessels and figurines -- Stamps and seals -- Stone and shell -- The burials and their offerings / James D. Farmer -- Human remains / Douglas H. Ubelaker -- Zooarchaeology / Peter W. Stahl -- Reconstructing Challuabamba's history