REMARKABLE EXAMPLES of ancient Peruvian 

 pottery are shown in the accompanying photo- 

 graphs from the National Museum, Figures and 

 decorations were given an extraordinary real- 

 ism which did not often affect utility. Archaeol- 

 ogists have discovered the use of as many as 

 nine distinct shades of color on a single piece of 

 pottery. Ceramics of many known ages in Peru 

 contribute to knowledge of the rise and fall of 

 ancient civilizations — the development and dec- 

 adence of art. 



