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The Moche civilization (Spanish pronunciation:; alternatively, the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru [1] [2] from about 100 to 800 AD during the Regional Development Epoch. While this issue is the subject of some debate, many scholars contend ...
In the Moche culture, developed in northern Peru between 300 BC. C. and the 700s AD. C., homosexuality would have been perceived normally, as attested by its ceramics. [1] It is important to note that 40% of the ceramics (locally called "huacos") represent homosexual relationships. [2]
Moche culture; Geography. Moche, Trujillo, a city in Peru; The Countryside of Moche; The Moche River; The Valley of Moche; Moche District, one of 11 districts of ...
The Moche were a very "vibrant" culture among emerging cultures within the Cupisnique society that had a base population of farming and fishing along with a middle and elite class. [ 11 ] The main connection between the Cupisnique and the Moche is the incorporation of the decapitation theme where there exists a decapitator and a decapitated ...
Moche portrait vessel, Musée du quai Branly, ca. 100—700 CE, 16 x 29 x 22 cm Moche portrait vessel, ca. 100—500 CE, Worcester Art Museum portrait vessel featuring paralysis, Larco Museum Moche portrait vessels are ceramic vessels featuring individualized and naturalistic representations of human faces that are unique to the Moche culture ...
INC (National Institute of Culture) sign at the El Brujo complex. Located in the Chicama Valley, the El Brujo Archaeological Complex, just north of Trujillo, La Libertad Province, Peru, is an ancient archaeological site that was occupied from preceramic times.
Museum Huacas of Moche Huaca del Sol as seen from the southeast, with the Moche River delta beyond and city ruins in the foreground. The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization (100 AD to 800 AD) on the northern coast of what is now Peru .
Moche is a Peruvian city, the capital of Moche District in Trujillo Province of La Libertad Region in northern Peru. It is located in the Moche Valley and was the center of development of the ancient Moche or Mochica culture. Now it is a major tourist destination of the Moche Route tourist circuit and It is part of the integrated area of ...