Abandonada
The place
Abandonada (Abandoned) in Loja province, Macará/Zapotillo sector (southern Ecuador, roughly 10 km from the Peruvian border), at 309 m altitude, Tumbes-Chocó equatorial dry forest. Continuous Ecuador cluster (batches 239-305). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Ecuador absent from the database. An abandoned house repurposed or a makeshift shelter in a sensitive border zone (Loja bordering Piura, Peru), Palta heritage (a pre-Columbian people conquered first by the Incas then by the Spanish) and the Cerro El Ahuaca reserve.
The setting
Loja, Macará/Zapotillo, southern Ecuador, 309 m, 10 km from the PE border, Tumbes-Chocó dry forest, continuous cluster batches 239-305, abandoned house repurposed, Palta pre-Columbian people, Incas/Spanish, Cerro El Ahuaca reserve, ANOMALY: Ecuador absent.
