The discovery of the royal tombs at Sipán in 1987 propelled Moche archaeology to the
forefront of Andean studies. In the last decade, the study of Moche political organization and …

The present article considers evidence for ancestor veneration and feasting in the North
Highlands (Department of Ancash), Peru between AD 500-900. The study draws upon …

Scattered throughout their coastal homelands, the remains of impressive artworks produced
by the Moche of northern Peru survive. These works include ceremonial centers extensively …

Ancient Alterity in the Andes is the first major treatment on ancient alterity: how people in the
past regarded others. At least since the 1970s, alterity has been an influential concept in …

The last 10,000 years have witnessed a handful of major adaptive transitions experienced
by the human species, the most recent, rapid, and violent of which was contact between …

Recent archaeological investigations of post-Chavín occupations in the North-Central
Highlands of Peru (Department of Ancash) provide new chronological data that help situate …

This study examines a painted combat scene on a ceramic vessel of the Moche culture (ad
100–800) of the north coast of Peru. The scene portrays a series of distinctly Moche warriors …

Erotic vessels of the Peruvian Moche culture (CE 100–800) are often referred to in literature
as being among the most reliable pieces of evidence of the presence of institutionalized …

Fieldwork at the Moche (AD 250–900) site of Licapa II in the Chicama Valley, Peru, has
resulted in a more nuanced history of the changing sociopolitical relationships among …

This article evaluates defensive works at the ancient hilltop centre of Yayno, Pomabamba,
north highlands, Peru. Survey, mapping and sampling excavations show that its …