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The art and archaeology of the Moche an ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast

Title
The art and archaeology of the Moche [electronic resource] : an ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast / edited by Steve Bourget and Kimberly L. Jones.
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Bourget, Steve, 1956-
  • Jones, Kimberly L., 1979-
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 291 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Art and archaeology of the Moche (Online)
Subject
  • Mochica Indians > Antiquities > Congresses
  • Mochica art > Congresses
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Peru > Moche River Valley > Congresses
  • Moche River Valley (Peru) > Antiquities > Congresses
Note
  • Papers originally presented at a symposium at the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin in November 2003.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Iconography meets archaeology / Elizabeth P. Benson -- Sacrifices and ceremonial calendars in societies of the central Andes: a reconsideration / Anne Marie Hocquenghem -- Ulluchu: an elusive fruit / Donna McClelland -- Moche masking traditions / Christopher B. Donnan -- Convergent catastrophe and the demise of Dos Cabezas: environmental change and regime change in ancient Peru / Michael E. Moseley, Christopher B. Donnan, and David K. Keefer -- Forensic iconography: the case of the Moche giants / Alana Cordy-Collins and Charles F. Merbs -- Moche forms for shaping sheet metal / Christopher B. Donnan, David A. Scott, and Todd Bracken -- Moche art style in the Santa Valley: between being "a la mode" and developing a provincial identity / Claude Chapdelaine -- The priests of the bicephalus arc: tombs and effigies found in Huaca de la Luna and their relation to Moche rituals / Santiago Uceda -- The Moche people: genetic perspective on their sociopolitical composition and organization / Izumi Shimada ... [et al.] -- Communality and diversity in Moche human sacrifice / John W. Verano -- Art and Moche martial arts / Jeffrey Quilter -- Moche textile production on the Peruvian north coast: a contextual analysis / Jean-Franc̦ois Millaire -- Spiders and spider decapitators in Moche iconography: identification from the contexts of Sipán, antecedents and symbolism / Néstor Ignacio Alva Meneses -- The third man: identity and rulership in Moche archaeology and visual culture / Steve Bourget.
LCCN
2008027539
OCLC
ssj0000105722
Title
The art and archaeology of the Moche [electronic resource] : an ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast / edited by Steve Bourget and Kimberly L. Jones.
Imprint
Austin : University of Texas Press, c2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Bourget, Steve, 1956-
Jones, Kimberly L., 1979-
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