Chancay Pottery Jar Fragments ewepeople adding a sense of continuity

adding a sense of continuity and rhythm to the design

Carlos Museum of Emory University

and simply rendered eyes

This fine artifact was recovered from the rich

Kiln grits

Chancay Pottery Jar Fragments ewepeople adding a sense of continuityPre Columbian era, Chancay culture, 1000 1470AD, Peru. Fascinating group of four unpolished, hand painted pottery jar fragments. The Chancay were a pre Columbian archaeological civilization which developed between the valleys of Fortaleza, Pativilca, Supe, Huaura, Chancay, Chilln, Rimac and Lurin, on the central coast of Peru from c. 1000AD 1470AD. The Chancay culture is defined archaeologically by a distinctive and homogeneous ceramic style. These