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  • Series: Peabody Museum Collections Series
  • Paperback: 172 pages
  • Publisher: Peabody Museum Press (February 28, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0873654064
  • ISBN-13: 978-0873654067
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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3.0 out of 5 starsRare Moche pieces
By Francisco de Agueda on December 26, 2012
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The Moche pieces presented with the text, and some plates in the final part of the book, are quite unusual and interesting. Scientific evidence is however treated somewhat lightly.
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Written with great authority.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat narrative and history
By James R. Starkey on September 2, 2015
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The color plates are excellent but I was pleased to find the writing was not just a bunch of captions to accompany the photos but a good overview of the history of this fasinating culture. This portant society has been largely overlooked by Westerners.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA Modern Beginning View
By Joseph H. Woodside on January 4, 2012
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Archaeologist Jeffrey Quilter provides a thoughtful high level introduction to the study of Moche, an extinct pre-Inca civilization located on the west coast of northern Peru. The book grows from an exhibition at Harvard University's Peabody Museum in Boston between 2005 and 2008 for which the author served as curator. Although only a small subset of Moche items held by the Museum appears in this book, it contains many delightful color plates photographed by Mark Craig. The selection favors famous ceramics with figurine subcomponents. Among them are the Bird Faced Woman Healer; the Funeral Bundle tableau; and the "Wrinkle Face" character supported by two helpers. The strikingly enigmatic frontispiece photo demonstrates Moche mastery of ceramic portraiture. The figurines it depicts seem like a cross between a board of directors, a rogues' gallery, and a pantheon of deities. Julio C. Tello, the aboriginal Peruvian polymath, "directed" several of these ceramics to the Museum after he graduated from Harvard in the early years of the twentieth century The Life and Writings of Julio C. Tello: America's First Indigenous Archaeologist.
An overview of the cultural ecology of ancient Andean societies incorporates a gentle introduction to the literature of Peruvian archaeology. One conclusion is that Moche were probably not an imperial conquest state, as first believed. Instead, Moche represents several closely related, highly stratified societies each occupying a distinct river valley, pursuing their own spin on common cultural concerns, and facing common environmental challenges.Read more ›
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