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The Moche of ancient Peru : media and messages / Jeffrey Quilter ; foreword by Luis Jaime Castillo B. ; photographs by Mark Craig.
Penn Museum Library F3430.1.M6 Q45 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-
- Series:
- Peabody Museum collections series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
- Mochica Indians.
- Mochica Indians--Antiquities.
- Mochica Indians--Antiquities--Catalogs.
- Mochica pottery.
- Mochica pottery--Catalogs.
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology--Catalogs.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 154 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Peabody Museum Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- Peru's ancient Moche culture is represented in a magnificent collection of artifacts at Harvard's Peabody Museum. In this richly illustrated volume, Jeffrey Quilter presents a fascinating introduction to this intriguing culture and explores current thinking about Moche politics, history, society, and religion.
- Contents:
- Moche and its art style
- Ancient life on the north coast
- Moche in Andean prehistory
- A brief history of Moche studies
- Media for Moche messages
- The messages of Moche art
- Gods, priests, lords, warriors, and heroes
- Media, messages, religion, and politics
- Reconsidering Moche
- The Peabody Museum collection
- Color plates.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780873654067
- 0873654064
- OCLC:
- 555660641
- Publisher Number:
- 99941897601
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