Chapter III · The Portrait Archive
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Provenance & Distribution
Plate
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Insight — Fieldwork Notes, 2024 Season
A handful of kilns fired
most
of the portraits we still recognize.
Fig. 4 · Portrait vessels by attributed workshop
Where the surviving heads were made
0
80
160
240
320
Documented vessels
38
Huaca de la Luna
64
Caballo Muerto
122
Dos Cabezas
287
Huacas del Sol y Luna
96
Sipán
71
Pampa Grande
44
Galindo
— Attributed core
Principal workshop
Regional workshops
n = 722 catalogued vessels
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