Palanda Canton
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Palanda Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province. Its capital is the town of {{Interlanguage link multi|Palanda, Ecuador|lt=Palanda|es|Palanda}}. Its population at the 2001 census was 7,066.[http://www.statoids.com/yec.html Cantons of Ecuador] at statoids.com
History
This canton has a long history, from the earliest known humans occupation{{cite web|url=http://palanda.arqueo-ecuatoriana.ec/complejo-cultural-mayo-chinchipe|title=Mayo-Chinchipe - Proyecto Zamora Chinchipe|access-date=2010-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129074259/http://palanda.arqueo-ecuatoriana.ec/complejo-cultural-mayo-chinchipe|archive-date=2014-11-29|url-status=dead}} to one of the latest inca battle, just before the colonial time.{{cite web|url=http://palanda.arqueo-ecuatoriana.ec/san-agustin|title=San Agustín - Proyecto Zamora Chinchipe|access-date=2010-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001075008/http://palanda.arqueo-ecuatoriana.ec/san-agustin|archive-date=2013-10-01|url-status=dead}}
Parishes
The canton is administratively divided into 4 parishes
Archaeology
The site of Santa Ana (La Florida) is located just to the north of Palanda.[https://palanda.arqueo-ecuatoriana.ec/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/valdez_uso_social_cuencaMC.png area map] This is an important archaeological site going back as early as 3,500 BC.
The work in this area was started in 2002 by a team of French and Ecuadoran archaeologists.
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006234359/http://natureandculture.org/htm/ecuador/ecuador.htm natureandculture.org]
Bibliography
- [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-05/idrp-hsa051204.php Human settlements already existed in the Amazon Basin (Ecuador) 4000 years ago.] 12-May-2004 eurekalert.org
- Valdez, Francisco. “Inter-zonal relationships in Ecuador”, en Handbook of South American Archaeology, Helaine Silverman y William Isbell eds., Springer, pp. 865–891, 2008
- Valdez, Francisco; Jean Gufroy; Geoffroy de Saulieu; Julio Hurtado; Alexandra Yépez (2005), [https://palanda.arqueo-ecuatoriana.ec/decouverte-dun-site-ceremoniel-formatif-sur-le-versant-oriental-des-andes Découverte d’un site cérémoniel formatif sur le versant oriental des Andes] Proyecto Zamora Chinchipe
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Category:Cantons of Zamora-Chinchipe Province
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