These figurines are some of the oldest pottery in the Americas. They were made by the Valdivia culture of South America around 3500 BCE. Depicting four women and measuring between 4 and 20 centimeters in height, each was modeled from a single block of clay, polished,...
Name: Manuela S√°enz Occupation: Revolutionary, war hero, spy Location: Quito, Ecuador, 1797-1856 As seen in: the novels Our Lives are the Rivers, by Jaime Manrique, and Manuela, by Gregroy Kaufmann, the opera Manuela y Bolivar, by Diego Luzuriaga,...
