In a significant breakthrough at the San Isidro archaeological site in El Salvador, archaeologists uncovered five ancient ...

The discoveries, which were found on top of El Salvador's San Isidro pyramid, were published in an article entitled "Of puppets and puppeteers: Preclassic clay figurines from San Isidro ...

When archaeologists excavated the top of the largest pyramid at San Isidro, El Salvador, they found something one would expect to find in a child’s bedroom: a collection of five clay figurines.

According to radiocarbon dating and ceramic analysis, the figures were likely buried in the pyramid’s dome around 400 B.C. Location ... feature decorative details such as incised skirts in the clay, ...