Moche Art and Archaeology in Ancient Peru

by Edited by Joanne Pillsbury

• ISBN13: 9780300090437
• ISBN10: 0300090439
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-03-11
• Publisher: NGW-Stud Hist Art

Summary

"This volume represents a landmark in Moche studies."-George Bankes, The Journal of The Royal Anthropological InstituteCenturies before the rise of the Inca, the Moche created impressive monumental architecture and precious metal objects (c. A.D. 100800). New discoveries about this ancient coastal civilization have recently been uncovered at several sites in Peru-including the richest unlooted tomb ever discovered in the New World. This fascinating book examines these records and analyzes connections between the visual arts and political representation in Moche culture.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
Elizabeth Cropper
Introduction	9	(12)
Joanne Pillsbury
Moche Mimesis: Continuity and Change in Public Art in Early Peru	21	(26)
Jeffrey Quilter
Investigations at Huaca de la Luna, Moche Valley: An Example of Moche Religious Architecture	47	(22)
Santiago Uceda
The Growing Power of a Moche Urban Class	69	(20)
Claude Chapdelaine
Rituals of Sacrifice: Its Practice at Huaca de la Luna and Its Representation in Moche Iconography	89	(22)
Steve Bourget
War and Death in the Moche World: Osteological Evidence and Visual Discourse	111	(16)
John W. Verano
Moche Ceramic Portraits	127	(14)
Christopher B. Donnan
The Moche in the Chicama Valley	141	(18)
Cesar Galvez Mora
Jesus Briceno Rosario
Political Economy and Patronage at Cerro Mayal, Peru	159	(18)
Glenn S. Russell
Margaret A. Jackson
Late Moche Urban Craft Production: A First Approximation	177	(30)
Izumi Shimada
Innovation and Resplendence: Metalwork for Moche Lords	207	(16)
Julie Jones
The Royal Tombs of Sipan: Art and Power in Moche Society	223	(24)
Walter Alva
Labretted Ladies: Foreign Women in Northern Moche and Lambayeque Art	247	(12)
Alana Cordy-Collins
Town and Country in Late Moche Times: A View from Two Northern Valleys	259	(26)
Tom D. Dillehay
The Symbols of Late Moche Social Transformation	285	(22)
Garth Bawden
The Last of the Mochicas: A View from the Jequetepeque Valley	307	(26)
Luis Jaime Castillo
Index	333	(6)
Contributors	339