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Frayer la route d'un monde inversé : sacrifice et offrandes animales dans la culture Mochica (100-800 apr. J.-C.), côte nord du Pérou / Nicolas Goepfert.
Penn Museum Library F3430.1.M6 G64 2011 1 v. + CD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goepfert, Nicolas.
- Series:
- BAR international series ; 2278.
- BAR international series. Paris monographs in American archaeology ; 28.
- BAR international series ; 2278. Paris monographs in American archaeology ; 28
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Mochica Indians--Peru--Antiquities--Congresses.
- Mochica Indians.
- Mochica Indians--Funeral customs and rites--Peru--Congresses.
- Animal remains (Archaeology)--Peru--Congresses.
- Animal remains (Archaeology).
- Animal sacrifice--Peru--Congresses.
- Animal sacrifice.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru--Congresses.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Mochica Indians--Funeral customs and rites.
- Antiquities.
- Peru.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 418 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011.
- Language Note:
- Abstract in French, English, and Spanish.
- Summary:
- "The Moche culture (100-800 A.D.) developed on the northern Peruvian coast in an area spread over the Piura and Nepeña valleys. The zooarchaeological study of the faunal remains discovered in graves at four main ceremonial sites (Sipán, San José de Moro, El Brujo and Moche) has provided evidence of twelve sacrificed animal species: domestic taxa such as llamas, dogs and guinea pigs, and also wild species such as bats. A comparison of the zooarchaeological data with the iconographical corpus showed that animals served different ritual purposes, such as mortuary food and as guides for the deceased's soul into the afterlife; they were also symbolically considered as mediators between the world of the living and the dead. The study also compares archaeological data with other sources, such as ethnohistorical texts and ethnographical testimonies leading to a better understanding of the symbolical dimension represented by Andean animals"--Publisher's web site.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-407).
- ISBN:
- 9781407308524
- 1407308521
- OCLC:
- 760996372
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