The Worlds of the Moche on the North Coast of Peru / / Elizabeth P. Benson.
The Moche, or Mochica, created an extraordinary civilization on the north coast of Peru for most of the first millennium AD. Although they had no written language with which to record their history and beliefs, the Moche built enormous ceremonial edifices and embellished them with mural paintings de...
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. Approaching the Moche Worlds
- 2. Precursors and Neighbors
- 3. The Reality of the Moche Worlds
- 4. The Life of Things
- 5. Ceremonial Architecture and Murals
- 6. Art and Craft
- 7. The Snake-Belt God and the Monsters
- 8. The Later Gods
- 9. Rulers, Warriors, and Priests
- 10. Ritual Life
- 11. The Sea
- 12. Burial and the Afterlife
- 13. The End of the Moche Worlds
- References and Further Reading
- Index