{"id":272,"date":"2026-02-25T12:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:10:22","slug":"archaeological-site-real-alto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/archaeological-site-real-alto\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeological site Real Alto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto_1.jpg\" alt=\"Real Alto is an archaeological site in Chanduy valley of Ecuador\" class=\"wp-image-275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\nReal Alto is an archaeological site in Chanduy valley of Ecuador, located between the cities Guayaquil and Salinas. It was settled between 6000 and 3800 BC.<br>The site was first identified by archeologist Jorge Marcos in 1971. Since then, it was investigated by a number of researchers.<br>Real Alto is helping to clarify the nature of the apparent time gap between the very early Las Vegas culture and the later Valdivia culture. In 2016, new radiocarbon dates were published that place Las Vegas culture at 10,800\u20136600 BP (8,800\u20134600 BC), and the start of Valdivia culture at 5600 BP (3600 BC). So the Real Alto culture is now considered to belong to the period between these two cultures.<br>Around 2500 BCE, the town belonged to the Valdivia culture. At that time, the population grew to about 1,250 individuals. The settlement featured two plazas and two ceremonial mounds.\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-1.jpg\" alt=\"Real Alto is an archaeological site in Chanduy valley of Ecuador\" class=\"wp-image-276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-2.jpg\" alt=\"Real Alto is an archaeological site in Chanduy valley of Ecuador\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-3.jpg\" alt=\"Real Alto is an archaeological site in Chanduy valley of Ecuador\" class=\"wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-4.jpg\" alt=\"Real Alto is an archaeological site in Chanduy valley of Ecuador\" class=\"wp-image-281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-5.jpg\" alt=\"Real Alto is an archaeological site in Chanduy valley of Ecuador\" class=\"wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/ecuador\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ecuador-Real-Alto-5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-272","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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