Two cultures must carefully be recognized in Ecuadorian prehistory: the Inca culture, and the culture genuinely Ecuadorian. The first one was brought by the Inca to Ecuador, when they conquered Ecuadorian provinces; the second one was achieved by the aborigenes of Ecuador, by means of their own efforts.

Federicio Gonzalez Suárez, 1915, Notas Arqueológicas, p. 11.  Imprenta del Clero, Quito.