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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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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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Hardcover in chipped dust jacket146 pages bibliographyindex 121 bw illustrations and numerous color plates much on Moche iconography
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The Moche culture which flourished on the north coast of Peru between 100 and 800 BCE has been known to art historians and archaeologists for over a century Only recently however with the discovery of the fabulous Royal Tombs of Sipn have the Moche become as well known to the public as the Inca who appeared several centuries later This book traces the fineline painting tradition from the beginning to the end of the Moche culture Although the Moche had no writing system they left a vivid artistic record of their beliefs and activities in beautifully modeled and painted ceramics Because of their complexity and wide range of subject matter these paintings provide a wealth of information about Moche civilization
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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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This vivid evocation of an ancient civilization is both enlivened and deepened by the authors sympathetic understanding of customs rituals and myths which to modern eyes may seem both strange and terrible It will be widely welcomed by scholars and students of South American archaeology and history by all those curious to know more about a civilization that for thirteen centuries was largely forgotten
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