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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 ...
Quilter Jeffrey, « Moche: Archaeology, Ethnicity, Identity », Bulletin de l'Institut français d'études andines, 39 (2) | 2010, 225-241. Gwin, Peter, « Peruvian temple of doom: his hand grips a severed head, his fanged mouth snarls, and the decapitator god evokes the fearsome wrath of the Moche, a culture that ruled Peru's north coast a ...
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 ...
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. The pyramid is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco , in the coastal desert near Trujillo at the Moche Valley.
One famous Moche portrait vessel is known as the Huaco Retrato Mochica. The portrait was made during the Late Moche period (ca. 600 CE), according to the chronology made by Rafael Larco Hoyle in 1948. The ceramic portrait is also an example of a stirrup spout vessel of a Moche ruler.
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Aiapaec in a wall in the Huaca de la Luna. Aiapæc (often written Ai Apaec, from Colonial Mochica aiapæc *[ajapʷɨk] [1] ′maker, God the Father′), [2] Wrinkled Face, [3] the snake-belted figure, [4] or the god of the mountains, [2] [5] [6] is a mythical character identified in Moche iconography, and possibly the main Moche deity.
Keira Knightley is still stopped in the streets and reminded of her greatest rom-com moment. On Friday, Nov. 29, the actress revealed she recently came face-to-face with a group of construction ...