The art and archaeology of the Moche an ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast / edited by Steve Bourget and Kimberly L. Jones.
| Other author | Bourget, Steve, 1956- |
| Other author | Jones, Kimberly L., 1979- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Austin : University of Texas Press, |
| Description | xiii, 291 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| General 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 restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008027539 |
| ISBN | 9780292718678 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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