With the items were five ceramic figurines dating to around 400 B.C., researchers said. Five figures of varying size, including one male, were found on top of a large pyramid. J. Przedwojewska ...

A collection of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop a Salvadorian pyramid are forcing archaeologists to rethink the country’s historical connection with its Central American neighbors. Three of ...

The earliest known fired ceramic objects are clay figurines dating to roughly 24,000 BCE found in large numbers in Central Europe. In the Americas, ceramic production can be dated to 2500 BCE. The ...

A pair of archaeologists has unearthed five 2,400-year-old ceramic figurines at the top of the largest pyramid of the San Isidro archaeological site. As detailed in a study published today in the ...

Archaeologists uncovered five old ceramic figurines at the summit of the biggest pyramid at San Isidro in El Salvador. The discovery, reported in the journal Antiquity, indicates that the area was ...

Ceramic figurines discovered atop a pyramid at San Isidro, El Salvador, suggest that ritual puppetry connected Central American societies during the Preclassic and Classic periods.

The five ceramic figurines, depicting four females and one male, initially seemed to be a part of burial offerings. Researchers found no human remains onsite. Puppets' placement at the highest ...