OAXACA.- A kiln used by Zapotec ancestors to create ceramic pieces more than 1,300 years ago, confirms the long tradition of pottery in Oaxaca. The Prehispanic kiln was recently discovered at Atzompa Archaeological Site, which will be opened to the public this year. This kiln presents a good conservation state, better than those found at Monte Alban, being the best conserved found to present. The kiln allows linking Prehispanic pottery tradition to the current handicraft activity at Santa Maria Atzompa community, acknowledging identification of contemporary society with the ancestors. This was announced by the archaeologist Jaime Vera, from the National Institute of Anthropology (INAH-Conaculta), responsible of excavations at the site, who mentioned that the kiln was buried under a stucco floor of the platform known as Casa de los Altares (House of the Altars). “Preliminarily, it was assumed that it might date from