Achaeological Artifacts Found in Machu Picchu Similar to Greek RelicsPosted on 25 July 2010 by Anny Tzotzadini
A group of Peruvian archaeologists from the National Institute of Culture have just unearthed newly found ceremonial offerings in the “cemetery” section of Machu Picchu, consisting of three conical jugs. These ceremonial offerings are from Incan times.
INC archaeologist Ruben Maqque said to El Comercio that the findings include three ceramics or miniature aryballos with globular body and covered with stone slabs forming a circle, known as “apachetas.”
The three aryballos found; a common pottery shape consisting of a long-necked pitcher with a conical base, traditionally called macka o puyñun that were used as ceremonial jars. The name of this style of ceramics Aryballos, comes from the Greeks that created similar pottery in the 9th century.
In general Inca pottery was simple and functional; they produced two kind of ceramics, the ceremonial style and the massive production ceramics. The creative expressions were limited to certain shapes and with very simple geometrical decorations consisting of stylized images of animals and day to day activities.
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