Real Alto
Real Alto est locus archaeologicus in valle Chanduy iacens inter Guaiaquilum et Salinas Aequatoriae. Ibi habitabant homines aevi formativi inter annos fere 6 000 et 3 800 a. p. Radices esculentae Calathea allouia hic cultae sunt.

Bibliographia 
 Karol Chandler-Ezell, Deborah M. Pearsall, James A. Zeidler, "Root and Tuber Phytoliths and Starch Grains Document Manioc (Manihot Esculenta), Arrowroot (Maranta Arundinacea), and Llerén (Calathea sp.) at the Real Alto Site, Ecuador" in Economic Botany vol. 60 (2006) pp. 103-120
 Deborah M. Pearsall, "Plant Food Resources of the Ecuadorian Formative: An Overview and Comparison to the Central Andes" in J. Scott Raymond, Richard L. Burger, edd., Archaeology of Formative Ecuador (Vasingtoniae: Dumbarton Oaks, 2003) p. 213 ff.
 Deborah M. Pearsall, Karol Chandler-Ezell, James A. Zeidler, "Maize in ancient Ecuador: Results of residue analysis of stone tools from the Real Alto site" in Journal of Archaeological Science vol. 31 (2004) pp. 423–442
 Peter W. Stahl, "The Zooarchaeological Record from Formative Ecuador" in J. Scott Raymond, Richard L. Burger, edd., Archaeology of Formative Ecuador (Vasingtoniae: Dumbarton Oaks, 2003) p. 175 ff.
 Andrey V. Tabarev, Yoshitaka Kanomata, Jorge G. Marcos, Alexander N. Popov, Boris V. Lazin, "Insights into the Earliest Formative Period of Coastal Ecuador: New Evidence and Radiocarbon Dates from the Real Alto Site" in Radiocarbon vol. 58 (2016) pp. 323-330 Epitome
 Douglas H. Ubelaker, "Health Issues in the Early Formative of Ecuador: Skeletal Biology of Real Alto" in J. Scott Raymond, Richard L. Burger, edd., Archaeology of Formative Ecuador (Vasingtoniae: Dumbarton Oaks, 2003) p. 261 ff.

Nexus externi 
 
 "Real Alto in Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
 "Real Alto - Santa Elena" apud Quito Adventure

Loci archaeologici Aequatoriae
Salinas (Aequatoria)
Loci habitati neolithici