BENEFICIOS DEL USO DEL GPR PARA DEFINIR CONTEXTOS EN TERRAZAS ALUVIALES DE LA AMAZONÍA CENTRAL ECUATORIANA

María Soledad Solórzano-Venegas; Judith Zapata; Eduardo Ordoñez; Angélica Zapata; Pablo Fernando Sarango; Francisco Solórzano; Milton Ramírez

doi:10.5281/zenodo.17379265

BENEFICIOS DEL USO DEL GPR PARA DEFINIR CONTEXTOS EN TERRAZAS ALUVIALES DE LA AMAZONÍA CENTRAL ECUATORIANA

Translated title of the contribution: Benefits of Using GPR to Define Contexts in Alluvial Terraces of the Central Ecuadorian Amazon

María Soledad Solórzano-Venegas
, Judith Zapata
, Eduardo Ordoñez
, Angélica Zapata
, Pablo Fernando Sarango
, Francisco Solórzano
, Milton Ramírez

Facultad de Ciencias Tierra y Agua

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP)
Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam
GRED Consultores
Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM)

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Abstract

The Pashimbi archaeological site is a pioneer in the application of geophysical prospecting in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This paper aims to evaluate the benefits of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for defining and interpreting archaeological contexts in alluvial terraces with relatively homogeneous deposits, typical of this region. A MALA ground-penetrating radar was used. The radargrams were processed with RadExplorer v.1.42. The results show that hyperbolic anomalies correspond to burning areas delimited by rocks and ceramic concentrations, horizontal linear markers reflect the physicochemical characteristics of the deposits, and curved markers, which intersect the latter, reveal evidence of post molds.

Translated title of the contribution	Benefits of Using GPR to Define Contexts in Alluvial Terraces of the Central Ecuadorian Amazon
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	118-127
Number of pages	10
Journal	Arqueologia Iberoamericana
Volume	56
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17379265
State	Published - Dec 2025

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