Indigenous and colonial pottery in Valdivia (Chile)

This dataset contains 133 individuals of Indigenous, European and colonial ceramics recovered from Valdivia (Chile). Pedro de Valdivia founded the city in 1552 as Santa María la Blanca de Valdivia. The city was almost destroyed on 24 November 1599 by the rebellion of the Huilliche Indigenous population and was finally abandoned in 1604. After a brief Dutch occupation in 1643, the Crown of Castille occupied the city again in 1645. The studied ceramics were unearthed from the site of Plaza de la República and include glazed coarse ware (VDV001, 006, 023, 027 to 030, 037 to 041, 043 to 049, 051 to 054), majolica (VDV002 to 005, 007 to 022, 024 to 026, 031 to 036, 042), transport jars (VDV055 to 105, 108, 110 to 114) and Indigenous ceramics (VDV050, 106, 107, 109, 115 to 133).