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CERRO DEL VILLAR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT

RITUAL AND RELIGION. While no monumental or religious buildings have yet been identified at Cerro del Villar, there are indications that the community enjoyed a vibrant ritual life. Rooms paved with pottery and seashells, such as that shown here, are suggestive of dedicated ritual spaces; possible ritual deposits such as oil lamps and ostrich eggs, as well as evidence for communal feasting, strengthen this assessment.