Archaeological sites and studies about the art and culture of the ancient Moche culture of South America.
The Warrior Narrative is a term used by archaeologists to refer to a sequence of ritual events that is hypothesized to have taken place in Moche society, and has been illustrated in Moche iconography drawn on ceramic vessels from many sites and sculptured on walls at sites such as Pañamarca, Huaca de la Luna and El Brujo.
A collection of the best recent books about the Moche Civilization
New Elite Burial at the Moche Capital of Sipán, Peru
The Moche civilization was a South American culture, with villages located along the coast of what is now Peru between 100 and 800 AD.
From undergraduate student Nicholas Corduan, an introduction to the Moche, including an essay on the Moche religion, a catalog of archaeological sites, and a bibliography.
A great website on the Moche, including site descriptions, political organization, and architecture. Spanish and English, plenty of illustrations.
From National Geographic, a website concentrating on Moche burials recovered from the site of Dos Cabezas in the lower Jequetepeque Valley. Photographs of the site, artifacts, and burials.
Christopher Donnan's new book, Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru, gives a great introduction and insight into this most personal of prehistoric ceramic art.
A stolen piece of Moche art was returned to its rightful owners in Peru, with a healthy assistance from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
From the University of Pennsylvania, the story of the copper/gold backflap recently returned to Peru.
