Naming a phantom – the quest to find the identity of
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2009 The botanical identification of Ulluchu, an iconic fruit frequently depicted in the art of the pre-Columbian Moche culture that flourished from A.D. 100–800 on the Peruvian north coast, has eluded scientists since its documentation in ceramics in the ...
Bussmann Rainer W, Sharon Douglas
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Figurative aspects suggestive of infectious diseases in the ceramic pots of the pre-Columbian Moche culture. Analysis of the ceramics collection in the Larco Museum of Lima, Peru. [PDF]
Infez Med, 2021 The historical-medical and anthropological studies, regarding Mesoamerica and South America, have been mainly focused on the great empires (Inca, Atzec, Maya), while other civilizations have been less investigated and only recently are gaining interest.
Sabbatani S, Fiorino S, Manfredi R.
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Human population history on the North Coast of Peru from Y chromosomes and mitogenomes [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe Central Andes and Pacific coast of Peru were an important center of cultural development in prehistoric South America. In particular, the North Coast of Peru had a significant demographic weight and witnessed a succession of societies and polities ...
Lea Lorene Huber +13 more
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Nuevas perspectivas acerca del colapso Moche en el Bajo Jequetepeque
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2007 Archaeological evidence recovered at the largest Late Moche fortified settlement in the Lower Jequetepeque Valley —Cerro Chepén— suggests that a situation of «external pressure» was responsible for the political collapse of the Late Moche communities of ...
Marco Rosas Rintel
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Family relations of Moche elite burials on the North Coast of Peru (~500 CE): Analyses of the Señora de Cao and relatives [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaJeffrey Quilter +2 more
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Nuevos datos sobre Huaca China, Valle del Santa, Perú
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2004 A Moche presence in the Santa Valley is supported by numerous sites, and the local centers have been identified. Huaca China in the south western portion of the valley is one of them.
Claude Chapdelaine +5 more
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Recherches sur l’élite de la société mochica
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2008 Excavations on the Uhle platform at Moche, near Trujillo, northern Peru deal with a ceremonial and funerary complex of the Moche culture, at the foot of one of the two highest monuments of the site, the Huaca de la Luna or Moon Pyramid.
Claude Chauchat +3 more
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Ai Apaec: ¿una divinidad suprema prehispánica o una manipulación en la traducción intercultural?
Politeja, 2015 The Moche culture (A.D. 200‑800) has left one of the richest iconographies in the history of ancient Andean civilizations. Due to the lack of written sources for the pre‑Hispanic period of Andean South America, the first information about the religious ...
Patrycja Prządka-Giersz
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Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2010 The archaeological excavation of the Moche urban centre, located between the monumental temples called Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol, began in 1995 to get a better understanding of the social, economic and political Moche Culture phenomena of the ...
Carole Fraresso
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Microchemical Investigation of Long-Term Buried Gilded and Silvered Artifacts From Ancient Peru
Frontiers in Materials, 2020 A large number of metal artifacts with exceptional artistic value of the Moche culture have been found in the tombs of the Lords of Sipán (Lambayeque, Peru) and of the Lady of Cao (El Brujo, Peru) characterized by different burial conditions. Some of the
Gabriel M. Ingo +11 more
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