LEADER 04215nam 22007214a 450 001 9910791581603321 005 20230207232659.0 010 $a0-292-79183-6 024 7 $a10.7560/712799 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016855 035 $a(OCoLC)667271486 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10412693 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000428036 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11320146 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428036 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10414000 035 $a(PQKB)11605192 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443506 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2232 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443506 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10412693 035 $a(OCoLC)932313933 035 $a(DE-B1597)587392 035 $a(OCoLC)1286808195 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292791831 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016855 100 $a20060119d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSex, death, and sacrifice in Moche religion and visual culture$b[electronic resource] /$fSteve Bourget 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71279-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1 More Questions than Answers -- $t2 Eros -- $t3 Eros and Thanatos -- $t4 Thanatos -- $t5 Dualities, Liminalities, and Rulership -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aThe Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD were perhaps the first ancient Andean society to attain state-level social complexity. Although they had no written language, the Moche created the most elaborate system of iconographic representation of any ancient Peruvian culture. Amazingly realistic figures of humans, animals, and beings with supernatural attributes adorn Moche pottery, metal and wooden objects, textiles, and murals. These actors, which may have represented both living individuals and mythological beings, appear in scenes depicting ritual warfare, human sacrifice, the partaking of human blood, funerary rites, and explicit sexual activities. In this pathfinding book, Steve Bourget raises the analysis of Moche iconography to a new level through an in-depth study of visual representations of rituals involving sex, death, and sacrifice. He begins by drawing connections between the scenes and individuals depicted on Moche pottery and other objects and the archaeological remains of human sacrifice and burial rituals. He then builds a convincing case for Moche iconography recording both actual ritual activities and Moche religious beliefs regarding the worlds of the living, the dead, and the afterlife. Offering a pioneering interpretation of the Moche worldview, Bourget argues that the use of symbolic dualities linking life and death, humans and beings with supernatural attributes, and fertility and social reproduction allowed the Moche to create a complex system of reciprocity between the world of the living and the afterworld. He concludes with an innovative model of how Moche cosmological beliefs played out in the realms of rulership and political authority. 606 $aMochica pottery$xThemes, motives 606 $aMochica Indians$xRites and ceremonies 606 $aMochica Indians$xSocial life and customs 606 $aSex in art 606 $aDeath in art 606 $aHuman sacrifice in art 607 $aPeru$xAntiquities 615 0$aMochica pottery$xThemes, motives. 615 0$aMochica Indians$xRites and ceremonies. 615 0$aMochica Indians$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aSex in art. 615 0$aDeath in art. 615 0$aHuman sacrifice in art. 676 $a985/.01 700 $aBourget$b Steve$f1956-$01539553 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791581603321 996 $aSex, death, and sacrifice in Moche religion and visual culture$93846351 997 $aUNINA