Hey All! Been a while since I've posted anything (it's been a while since I've had anything to post, I've been in the bay area for the past few years and haven't managed to get out to do any looking), but I went on my honeymoon in Peru this summer and have some archeology-related pics I thought some of you might enjoy. One of our first stops was Museo Larco in Lima, where we saw a ton of great artifacts, including the most pottery I've ever seen in one place (room after room floor to ceiling of this stuff, thousands upon thousands of all sorts of pots). Unfortunately we were robbed at knife and gunpoint and I lost a bunch of the pics (of course including most of my favorites), but I do still have some (they took everything but a memory card I had stashed in a small little pocket within a pocket).

Beautiful stuff. Hate to hear that you were so violently robbed. Glad YOU are ok.

Cool pots man, sorry about the bad news. What a shame.

Thanks Heather and G-towndigger. We were robbed on our last day of the trip so I guess that was a good thing? we at least were still able to get in a great trip before it happened.

Too bad non of those old time Incas did not visit pottery poverty stricken Texas for a pottery making lesson.
The quality of what we see in the pics is obviously top quality,The originality of the designs is boggling.

Seeing so many pieces ( just in that one museum )makes me think that they are not ceremonial but part of the daily lives of the people.
Did Mrs Inca have some of these for the families everyday use then have a set of special pieces set aside for having the girls over for a special dinner.??

Peru was an interesting different place for a honeymoon..very memorable

Hah. Thanks SH. It definitely wasn't an ideal way to end a honeymoon, but we both had an interest in Peru and managed to have a good trip despite the lousy ending. :)