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Perus ancient Moche culture is represented in a magnificent collection of artifacts at Harvards Peabody Museum In this richly illustrated volume Jeffrey Quilter presents a fascinating introduction to this intriguing culture and explores current thinking about Moche politics history society and religionQuilter utilizes the Peabodys collection as a means to investigate how the Moche used various media particularly ceramics to convey messages about their lives and beliefs His presentation provides a critical examination and rethinking of many of the commonly held interpretations of Moche artifacts and their imagery raising important issues of art production and its role in ancient and modern societiesThe most uptodate monograph available on the Mocheand the first extensive discussion of the Peabody Museums collection of Moche ceramicsthis volume provides an introduction for the general reader and contributes to ongoing scholarly discussions Quilters fresh reading of Moche visual imagery raises new questions about the art and culture of ancient Peru
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Perus ancient Moche culture is represented in a magnificent collection of artifacts at Harvards Peabody Museum In this richly illustrated volume Jeffrey Quilter presents a fascinating introduction to this intriguing culture and explores current thinking about Moche politics history society and religionQuilter utilizes the Peabodys collection as a means to investigate how the Moche used various media particularly ceramics to convey messages about their lives and beliefs His presentation provides a critical examination and rethinking of many of the commonly held interpretations of Moche artifacts and their imagery raising important issues of art production and its role in ancient and modern societiesThe most uptodate monograph available on the Mocheand the first extensive discussion of the Peabody Museums collection of Moche ceramicsthis volume provides an introduction for the general reader and contributes to ongoing scholarly discussions Quilters fresh reading of Moche visual imagery raises new questions about the art and culture of ancient Peru
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Of all the ancient civilizations that flourished in the Americas only one perfected true portraiture of living people and produced it in quantitythe Moche who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately AD 100 and 800 Using the medium of threedimensional ceramic vessels that could have contained liquid Moche artisans typically formed the heads of the individuals they wished to portray though sometimes they presented full figures with realistic portrait faces Depicting an astonishing range of physical types these portraits now allow us to meet Moche people who lived more than 1500 years ago and to sense the nuances of their individual personalitiesThis pathfinding book presents the first wideranging systematic study of the Moche portraits Drawing on more than 900 examples from museums and private collections around the worldsome 300 of which are illustrated here in full colorChristopher Donnan documents how the portrait tradition evolved how the portraits were produced and distributed who they portrayed why they were made and how they were used in Moche society His analysis is supported by extensive archaeological evidence which provides the context for portraits found in Moche tombs and midden deposits as well as useful information for identifying the headdresses and ornaments worn by the individuals portrayed
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Centuries before the rise of the Inca the Moche created impressive monumental architecture and precious metal objects c AD 100800 Today large scale projects at several sites in Peru including the richest unlooted tomb ever discovered in the New World have uncovered dramatic new discoveries about this ancient coastal civilization This volume discusses the implications of these findings A major theme of the book is how the visual arts and political representation are connected in Moche culture The contributors pay special attention to the relations between Moche visual imagery and other kinds of knowledge gained from the archaeological record Topics ranging from the nature of urbanism to Moche portraiture to the visual representation of warfare versus the physical remains of battles will fascinate not only archaeologists and art historians but also students and scholars in related disciplines in the humanities and social sciences
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Centuries before the rise of the Inca the Moche created impressive monumental architecture and precious metal objects c AD 100800 Today large scale projects at several sites in Peru including the richest unlooted tomb ever discovered in the New World have uncovered dramatic new discoveries about this ancient coastal civilization This volume discusses the implications of these findings A major theme of the book is how the visual arts and political representation are connected in Moche culture The contributors pay special attention to the relations between Moche visual imagery and other kinds of knowledge gained from the archaeological record Topics ranging from the nature of urbanism to Moche portraiture to the visual representation of warfare versus the physical remains of battles will fascinate not only archaeologists and art historians but also students and scholars in related disciplines in the humanities and social sciences
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Elaborately decorated monumental architecture royal tombs and ritual human sacrifice have established the Moche of ancient Peru AD 200800 as a culturally rich and ideologically complex civilization Because the Moche did not have a textbased writing system their sophisticated works of art which communicated complex concepts specific ideas and detailed narratives have become a prime source for understanding the Moche worldview This pioneering volume presents the first booklength study of one of the most compelling forms of Moche artfine ware ceramics that depict architectural structures in miniatureAssembling a data set of some two hundred objects Architectural Vessels of the Moche interprets the form and symbolism of these artworks and their relationship to fullscale excavated Moche architectural remains Juliet B Wiersema reveals that Moche architectural vessels preserve aspects of Moche monumental architecture that have been irreparably compromised by centuries of treasure hunting erosion and cataclysmic events while they also present schematic diagrams of specific and identifiable structures found within Moche sacred precincts She demonstrates that many architectural vessels were also acoustic artifacts indicating that the Moche considered certain architectural forms to be vocal or animate This research offers an important new perspective on ancient architectural representation and depicted space in the preHispanic Americas and also complements existing studies of architectural models made by Old World cultures including Middle Kingdom Egypt and Han Dynasty China
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Renowned for their monumental architecture and rich visual culture the Moche inhabited the north coast of Peru during the Early Intermediate Period AD 100800 Archaeological discoveries over the past century and the dissemination of Moche artifacts to museums around the world have given rise to a widespread and continually increasing fascination with this complex culture which expressed its beliefs about the human and supernatural worlds through finely crafted ceramic and metal objects of striking realism and visual sophisticationIn this standardsetting work an international multidisciplinary team of scholars who are at the forefront of Moche research present a stateoftheart overview of Moche culture The contributors address various issues of Moche society religion and material culture based on multiple lines of evidence and methodologies including iconographic studies archaeological investigations and forensic analyses Some of the articles present the results of longterm studies of major issues in Moche iconography while others focus on more specifically defined topics such as site studies the influence of El NiñoSouthern Oscillation on Moche society the nature of Moche warfare and sacrifice and the role of Moche visual culture in decoding social and political frameworks
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Twenty myths and legends recount events from the Creation to the Spanish Conquest and express Incan values and culture
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David Hatcher Childress popular Lost Cities author and star of the History Channelâs longrunning show Ancient Aliens takes us to the mysterious ruins in the mountains of Peru and Bolivia in search of ancient technology and the secrets of megalith building In his new book packed with photos and diagrams Childress examines the amazing stone cutting at Puma Punku near the ancient ruins of Tiwanaku near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia He looks at whether the socalled âœInca wallsâ âfound in Cuzco and at other sites such as Sacsayhuaman Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchuâwere really made by the Incas The evidence seems to support the idea that they were actually constructed by a far older culture Childress examines the megalithic construction and underground chambers of Chavin in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru possibly the oldest megalithic site in South America he speculates on the existence of a sunken city in Lake Titicaca and reveals new evidence that the Sumerians may have arrived in South America over 4000 years ago Childress demonstrates that the use of âœkeystone cutsâ with metal clamps poured into them to secure megalithic construction was an advanced technology used all over the world from the Andes to Egypt Greece and Southeast Asia He maintains that only power tools could have made the intricate articulation and drill holes found in extremely hard granite and basalt blocks in Bolivia and Peru and that the megalith builders had to have had advanced methods for moving and stacking gigantic blocks of stone some weighing over 100 tons The incredible hightech world of South America is illuminated in the informative and breezy style that Childress has been known for in his books and his appearances on television shows like Ancient Aliens
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Trepanation is the oldest surgical procedure known from antiquity extending back more than five thousand years in Europe and to at least the fifth century BC in the New World Anthropologists and medical historians have been investigating ancient trepanation since the midnineteenth century but questions remain about its origins evolution and the possible motivations for conducting such a dangerous surgical procedure Peru is particularly important to these questions as it boasts more trepanned skulls than the rest of the world combined This volume presents the results of a longterm research project that examined more than 800 trepanned skulls from recent archaeological excavations and from museum collections in Peru the United States and Europe It examines trepanation in ancient Peru from a broad anthropological and historic perspective focusing on the archaeological context of osteological collections and highlighting the history of discoveries It explores the origins and spread of the practice throughout the Central Andes with a focus on trepanation techniques success rates and motivations for trepanning It examines the apparent disappearance of trepanation in the Andes following Spanish conquest while noting that there are reports of trepanations being performed by healers in highland Peru and Bolivia into the twentieth century
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A beautifully illustrated volume that presents more than a hundred and sixty works of art from Limas famed Larco collection the worlds largest private collection of preHispanic Peruvian art Spectacular ceramics textiles metalwork and sculpture from the Chavín Cupisnique Salinar Gallinazo Moche Parcas Nasca Lambayeque Huari Chimú and Inca cultures are illustrated and described all with colour photographs Some of the objects are remarkable for the skill of their craftmenship such as ornate gold and silver jewellery and headresses others intriguing for the beliefs they reveal such as an intricate Lambayeque textile featuring elaborate divine beings others are simply extraordinary for example mosiac earplugs
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From the earliest human settlements near presentday Peru to the more recent Inca civilization readers will be fascinated by the important archaeological finds that have occurred in this region This text examines the history and culture of ancient Peru through its look at digs at major sites including Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines Readers also learn about the civilizations ordinary citizens and agricultural importance through digs at canals and terraces Chronologically organized content encourages readers to trace the development of this important civilization while detailed photographs give readers a powerful sense of history Simple maps a timeline and fact boxes supplement this titles highinterest content
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Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies as in many premodern cultures Ritual sacrifices were considered necessary for this propitiation and for maintaining a proper reciprocal relationship between humans and the supernatural worldThe essays in this book examine the archaeological evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings animals and objects as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred from around 2500 BC until Inca times just before the Spanish Conquest Major contributions come from the recent archaeological fieldwork of Steve Bourget Anita Cook and Alana CordyCollins as well as from John Veranos laboratory work on skeletal material from recent excavations Mary Frame who is a weaver as well as a scholar offers rich new interpretations of Paracas burial garments and Donald Proulx presents a fresh view of the nature of Nasca warfare Elizabeth Bensons essay provides a summary of sacrificial practices
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