Hard Times in Ecuador: Inka Troubles at Pambamarca - Cobo's tale describes an indigenous society in northern Ecuador that proved to be one of the most difficult for the Inkas to conquer in Andean South America. - http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/Connell/connell.html
Human settlements already existed in the Amazon Basin 4000 years ago - An important discovery by IRD archaeologists reveals that, more than 4000 years ago, early Andean civilizations had become established in a tropical environment where they were not hitherto known to have existed. - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-07/idrp-hsa070703.php
The Lopez Viejo Project - This site describes an archaeological project at the site of López Viejo, in the southern Manabí region of coastal Ecuador. - http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/staff/projects/lopez.htm
Archaeological Investigations at Hacienda Zuleta - A Late Period Caranqui Chiefdom in the Northern Highlands of Ecuador. Abstract Internet Archaeology 10. - http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue10/currie_index.html