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A Mold Matrix from Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Donald E. Thompson*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Abstract

Among a collection of whole pottery vessels from the Huarmey valley, Peru, is one piece which is almost certainly a master or matrix for manufacturing molds for mold-made pottery. The piece probably dates in the period between Late Tiahuanaco and Inca-Chimú.

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Facts and Comments
Copyright
copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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