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The 'Las Vegas culture' was a complex of late-Pleistocene and Holocene settlements along the coast of present day Ecuador, which emerged between 8000 BC and 4600 BC (10,000 to 6600 BP). The Las Vegas culture represents "an early, sedantry adjustment to an ecologically complex coastal environment."^[1] Thirty-one Las Vegas sites have been identified on the Santa Elena peninsula of Ecuador, a biologically complex, tropical ecotone; radiocarbon dating has securely confirmed the evidence for Las Vegas.^[2]
The Las Vegas people practiced hunting and gathering, and also developed primitive agricultural techniques. Bone points and a spatula have been discovered that may have been used for making nets or textiles, along with various tools and containers shaped of shell; wood, bamboo, reeds, and bark are also believed to have been used in the tool industry.^[3]

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1. The Preceramic Las Vegas Culture of Coastal Ecuador, , Karen E., Stothert, American Antiquity, 1985
2. New Evidence of Early Holocene Agriculture from the Coast of Ecuador: A Multidisciplinary Approach, , Karen E., Stothert, Culture & Agriculture, 2004
3. Chapter 2: The Original Peopling of Latin America