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

• Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Disciplina: 985/.1601
• Soggetto topico: Mochica Indians - Antiquities; Mochica art; Excavations (Archaeology) - Peru - Moche River Valley
• Soggetto geografico: Moche River Valley (Peru) Antiquities Congresses
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BourgetSteve <1956-> JonesKimberly L. <1979->
• Note generali: Papers originally presented at the Fourth D.J. Sibley Family Conference held at the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin in November 2003.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 / Nestor Ignacio Alva Meneses -- The third man: identity and rulership in Moche archaeology and visual culture / Steve Bourget.
• Titolo autorizzato: The art and archaeology of the Moche
• ISBN: 0-292-79386-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453892103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II