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Los últimos artesanos de la Ciudad de Barro : la organización de la producción artesanal en la ciudad de las Huacas del Sol y de la Luna

open access: yes, 2011
Se hace un análisis de las relaciones sociales de la producción artesanal en la ciudad prehispánica de Huacas del Sol y de la Luna, considerada la ciudad más importante de la cultura Moche, que se desarrolló en el norte de Perú entre los siglos I y IX de nuestra era, 500 años antes de los incas.
openaire   +1 more source

Taphonomic evidence of a human skeleton gnawed by termites in a Moche‐civilisation grave at Huaca de la Luna, Peru

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2011
AbstractA human skeleton from a Moche grave at Huaca de la Luna, Trujillo, Peru, shows evidence of taphonomic bone modification due to subterranean termite activity. Information related to the occasional osteophagous diet of termites on mammal and human remains is reviewed and detailed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Huchet, Jean-Bernard   +3 more
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Malleable victims and discourses of dominance at Huaca de la Luna

World Art, 2018
At Huaca de la Luna, an ancient Moche ceremonial centre in northern coastal Peru (c. AD 200–850), archaeologists excavated ceramic vessels that seem to depict captive warriors defeated in battle.
Sarahh E M Scher
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Flies, Mochicas and burial practices: a case study from Huaca de la Luna, Peru

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2010
Study of a specific insect fauna from a pre-Columbian Moche grave, on the north coast of Peru, reveals burial practices, notably an estimation of the corpse's exposure time prior to burial, and compares New and Old World beliefs concerning flies and death.
Huchet, Jean-Bernard, Greenberg, Bernard
exaly   +4 more sources

Structural and geotechnical engineering assessment of Huaca de la Luna – A massive earthen Moche culture pyramid in Northern Peru

Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2018
Abstract The present paper presents results of a comprehensive engineering analysis for understanding the current structural damage condition of a sector of one of the most representative archaeological complexes in Peru: the main Moche culture pyramid of Huaca de la Luna.
Rafael Aguilar   +2 more
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The Adobes of Huaca del Sol and Huaca de La Luna

American Antiquity, 1975
Mud bricks in Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna differ in soil composition, dimensions, mold marks, and makers' marks. The differences reflect conditions of brick production and use, and some variables are chronologically significant. This paper discusses the archaeological significance of adobes in these platform mounds, located on the south side of ...
C. Mansfield Hastings, M. Edward Moseley
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Textiles chimúes con plumas decoloradas con técnicatapirage, Huaca de la Luna, Perú

open access: yesLatin American Antiquity, 2022
El presente artículo se centra en las plumastapiragede los textiles miniatura con arte plumario hallados en el templo Huaca de la Luna del sitio Huacas de Moche (Valle de Moche, Perú), asociados a la ocupación Chimú (1000-1440 dC). Eltapiragees una técnica de manipulación biológica, practicada por ciertos grupos amazónicos, que altera el color de las ...
Yazmin Gomez Casaverde   +4 more
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Structural damage assessment of Huaca de la Luna, Perú: Preliminary results from ongoing multidisciplinary study

2016
R. Aguilar   +8 more
exaly   +3 more sources

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