Ancient Peruvian
Pottery
By Melanie Fidler
“The ancient inhabitants of Peru were great pottery
makers and the archaeologist has at his fingertips
this great source of information on which to base a
thorough study of all the cultures of pre-Hispanic Peru.
Pottery clearly reflects the cultural conditions in
which the peoples who produced it lived. In
fact, sculptural, pictorial and particularly
scenographic ceramics are an open
book, and their many vivid and
fascinating pages are filled with
information for the scholar.
Pottery is the best medium
for chronological study.”
(Rafael Larco Hoyle,
Épocas Peruanas, 1963, p.17)