Ilama phase

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The Ilama phase was an early pre-Columbian cultural period in the Valle del Cauca region of Colombia, notable for its distinctive ceramics and as a precursor to the later Yotoco phase.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture
ceramic phase
pre-Columbian cultural phase
archaeologicalEvidence cemetery sites
habitation sites
associatedWith burial mounds (túmulos)
early agricultural communities
use of local clays for pottery production
village settlements
ceramicTechnology fired at relatively low temperatures
hand-built pottery
chronologicalContext before Spanish conquest of Colombia
chronologicalRelation earlier than Yotoco phase
country Colombia
culturalContinuityWith Yotoco phase NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Calima cultural area NERFINISHED
culturalSuccessor Yotoco phase NERFINISHED
decorationStyle applied and modeled elements on vessels
incised geometric motifs
developedIn Formative period of northern Andes NERFINISHED
economy agriculture and gathering (inferred)
followedBy Yotoco phase in Calima sequence NERFINISHED
geographicalContext western Andean foothills of Colombia
hasFeature domestic pottery
funerary ceramics
incised ceramic decoration
modeled ceramic figures
red-slipped pottery
hasTypeSite sites in Calima River basin (Valle del Cauca)
knownFor distinctive ceramics
early complex society in Valle del Cauca
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Cauca River valley NERFINISHED
Valle del Cauca Department NERFINISHED
southwestern Colombia
materialCulture bone artifacts
ceramics
stone tools
namedAfter Ilama archaeological complex (Calima region) NERFINISHED
partOf Calima culture sequence NERFINISHED
pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia
pre-Hispanic history of Colombia
precedes Yotoco phase
regionType intermediate area between Andean highlands and Pacific coast
studiedInDiscipline Andean archaeology
archaeology
pre-Columbian studies
timePeriod early first millennium BCE to early first millennium CE (approximate)

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Yotoco phase precededBy Ilama phase