Moche art and archaeology in ancient Peru

National Gallery of Art

2005

344 p.

Studies in the history of art ; 63 Symposium papers ; 40

9780300114423

Moche mimesis: continuity and change in public art in early Peru / Jeffrey Quilter -- Investigations at Huaca de la Luna, Moche Valley: an example of Moche religious architecture / Santiago Uceda -- The growing power of a Moche urban class / Claude Chapdelaine -- Rituals of sacrifice: its practice at Huaca de la Luna and its representation in Moche icongoraphy / Steve Bourget -- War and death in the Moche world: osteological evidence and visual discourse / John W. Verano -- Moche ceramic portraits / Christopher B. Donnan -- The Moche in the Chicama Valley / César Gálvez Mora and Jesús Briceño Rosario -- Political economy and patronage at Cerro Mayal, Peru / Glenn S. Russell and Margaret A. Jackson -- Late Moche urban craft production: a first approximation / Izumi Shimada -- Innovation and resplendence: Metalwork for Moche Lords / Julie Jones -- The Royal Tombs of Sipán: Art and power in Moche Society / Walter Alva -- Labretted ladies: foreign women in Northern Moche and Lambayeque art / Alana Cordy-Collins -- Town and country in late Moche times: a view from two northern valleys / Tom D. Dillehay -- The symbols of late Moche social transformation / Garth Bawden -- The last of the Mochicas: a view from the Jequetepeque Valley / Luis Jaime Castillo.

This volume explores the art and archaeology of the Moche, who created impressive monuments and metal objects centuries before the rise of the Inca. A major theme of the volume is how the visual arts and political representation are connected.

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