"Discover" magazine, citing Shady, suggests a rich and varied trade life: " exported its own products and those of Aspero to distant communities in exchange for exotic imports: "Spondylus" shells from the coast of Ecuador, rich dyes from the Andean highlands, hallucinogenic snuff from the Amazon." (Given the still limited extent of Norte Chico research, such claims should be treated circumspectly.) Other reports on Shady's work indicate Caral traded with communities in the Andes and in the jungles of the Amazon basin on the opposite side of the Andes.