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Apart from studying Tourism at the National University of Trujillo, Englishman Michael is a Chartered Accountant, & Peruvian Swiss Clara a Social Sciences Teacher.
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We are just 7 blocks (5 minutes walk) from Trujillo's Plaza de Armas, in a much quieter park, with extensive information. Please visit us. Larger map with photos of our tours. Cahuide 495,Santa María Trujillo has photos of our guest house. Google Earth map/photo hybrid Do not miss North Peru :: Forum Pérou :: Ne perdez pas du nord Perou Moche route promoted by World Tourism Organisation and National Geographic, Chan Chan & north Peru on Russian TV 10 minute video on colonial & modern Trujillo, Huanchaco & Huamachuco Ruta Moche del Peru vista en Colombia, video 2012 Video Norte pone Dedicarán especial sobre el Perú en Televisión Pública de Cataluña (TVC- TV33) 1/12/2011 The team of journalists of the SBT Brazilian television chain is making a documentary on Peru’s northern tourist attractions. Photo: ANDINA/ Oscar Paz. |
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(Brazilian Television System) has just arrived in the city of Trujillo, in La Libertad to broadcast a documentary on Peru’s northern tourist attractions.
Jorge Said, host of the TV show Boa Noite, said that the almost two-hour documentary will be broadcasted in early May, showing the main attractions of the coastal towns of Tumbes, Piura, Chiclayo (Lambayeque), Trujillo (La Libertad) & Huaraz (Ancash).
The SBT TV documentary will be watched by some five million Brazilians in the states of Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Roraima, Ampá and Rondônia. www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=YZz32FUOyP4 Details on the walls of Huaca de la Luna in Trujillo. Photo: ANDINA/Oscar Paz. |
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- Lima, 07/4/2010. Peru’s Export and Tourism Promotion Board
(Promperu) will promote several Peruvian archaeological sites
during its participation in the Archaeological Institute of
America Gala, to be held in late April in the United States.
Organized by the Archaeological Institute of America, the
world’s largest and most important archaeological organization, will take place from April 26 to 30 in New York City. Peru will present its different archaeological attractions, such as the Lady of Cao exhibition, and will offer live music and dance performances as well as traditional dishes. - Peruvian history, culture, cuisine and entertainment take center stage at this black tie affair. Tickets can be purchased at www.archaeological.org/gala (END) DCT/CSO/PSY/EEP
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Please see Transport for an increasing number of airlines, Cruises, & more comfortable, modern & economic buses arriving in Trujillo & north Peru.  Top 10 Discoveries of 2009 include Lord of Ucupe and Anglo Saxon Staffordshire Gold Hoard
National Geographic ran articles on the Incas & a map of pre Colombian cultures since 19th May 2002, & other programmes on the Moche Murder Mysteries. Discovery Channel features various articles too. Le Figaro produced an article on the Moche in August
2001, & an article on Peru was in the Italian Dove Magazine in April 2002. BBC1 has shown documentaries on the Moche. There is much to see between the frontier with Ecuador, & Lima. Many sites are very close to major cities on the Panamerican Highway. Make sure your itinerary allows sufficient time at each site, instead of rushing through half of Peru.
Colonial Trujillo is a potential World Heritage site. Map & photos:. Plano de la ciudad de Truxillo... www.pilsentrujillo.com.pe/tutierra/ind_historia.html  Situated 6km south east of Trujillo, the Pyramid of the Sun
was the largest construction in the Americas, & yielded nearly 10 tonnes of gold & silver in colonial days. The Pyramid of the Moon has over 8,000m2 of polychrome reliefs, extensive panoramas over the countryside, excavations in progress & soon a site museum. The project won first prize for good government practice in 2007. Huaca de La Luna to receive 110,000 visitors in 2008 Andina 5/11/2008 More on future World Heritage status Espanol Like The Learning Channel, National Geographic has been visiting, filming & writing for the 2008 magazine & 2009 guide. Make sure you see all areas opened recently & included in the entry ticket (11 nuevos soles general entrance, 6.00 students, 1.00 children). The complex & extensive murals on the north facade of the Huaca de la Luna were inaugurated on 21st October 2004 & a US1.25M site museum & US$0.25m roof are in progress.  Visit Moche Zoológico animal refuge. See the hairless dogs too.
Excavations are also in progress 12km inland at the Cupisnique culture site of Caballo Muerto.  60km north west of Trujillo, El Brujo Archaeological Complex' 3 temples holds
5,000 years of numerous cultures, history, extensive polychrome reliefs & murals, overlooking a splendid beach (Entrance 11 nuevos soles general entrance, PE S/.6 for students, PE S/.1 for children) & including the new site museum. See ElBrujoPeru for National Geographic July 2004 & June 2006 in 5 languages & other articles on Huaca Prieta, Brujo (Cortada/Partida), Señora de Cao & her mausoleum opened on 27th July 2007. El Brujo's site museum opened in April 2009. Caral, declared a World Heritage in July 2009, is among the oldest city states in America. Near Casma are sites like Sechín from 1,700BC, & the delightful beach of Las Tortugas. Archaeologists are working in the same valley at Chanquillo, in the Chao & Viru valleys between there & Trujillo, in Mocollope (Chicama) & Farfan (Jequetepeque).
Festivals include the Marinera(January), Carnival(February), Spring(September/October) & Ocean Festival(May).
Huanchaco has the reedboats & is near to Puerto Malabrigo-Chicama & the world's longest left hand wave. Surf north Peru's beaches.  The 7 Wonders of Peru Winners include
Chan Chan, the largest city in the Americas when the Incas arrived in 1460. The government approved a 10 million nuevos soles budget for ongoing conservation work. An Italian mission will participate in Chan Chan & Sipán excavations. You can take a 6 hour daytime bus up the Cañon del Pato to Caraz to trek the Santa Cruz loop, or take daytrips to Chavin de Huantar & site museum, Llanganuco lakes or Pastoruri Glacier. 'The Marcahuamachuco ruins surely rank in the top 10 archaeological sites in Peru' (Footprint Peru 2007 p.441) as well as its 7 Wonders. Nearby Huamachuco is just 6 hours inland from Trujillo, giving access also via Cajabamba to Cajamarca. The Chotuna - Chornancap site museum, near Lambayeque, officially opened in August 2009.
 The Royal Tombs of Sipan National Museum in Lambayeque opened on 11/11/2002.
The purpose-built 3 storey pyramid-like Museum is an attraction in its own right. It is 3 blocks from the Bruning Regional Museum of Lambayeque.  The tomb found in 1987 (National Geographic October 1988) was the richest
ever found in the western hemisphere, & by June 1990 (National Geographic) was the richest series of tombs found anywhere in the world for a century. The Sipan site is smaller than the Huacas del Sol y la Luna de Moche, has a nice feel, excavations renewed in 2007, & excellent replicas in most of the tombs & site museum.  17 km north east of Chiclayo,
Ferreñafe has another purpose-built museum opened in November 2001, the National Museum of Sican (More below on this Lambayeque culture). All 3 museums have gold collections which outclass those in Lima & Bogota. There were exhibits in France (September 19-29 2008) , & La Pinacotheque in 2010, & Germany too (Hamburg) "1/1/07-24/6/2007. Tucume, 35km from Chiclayo has 26 temples viewed from a hilltop, & 3 excellent museum halls. Its gold has yet to be discovered. Gold found recently at Moche has yet to be displayed. There are new discoveries at Huaca Quiñones, Sipán (14th tomb), nearby Huaca Ventarrón, Collud-Zarpán & Chotuna with site Museums in progress. A curandero or traditional healer was discovered in 2010 at Mochumi. 10 hours inland is Chachapoyas which has sites to rival Machu Picchu. All much cheaper than Cusco. Programa de XII Semana Turística de Chachapoyas 1-7/6/2008. Return via Leimebamba (new museum opened in 2001), Celendín, Cajamarca & Kuntur Wasi (good road, gold etc Museum & newly cleared ruins giving extensive panorama). There is more information on all these in Ecuador Peru route information & Tours in 5 languages. We will be happy to help with accommodation in Trujillo, at www.xanga.com/CasadeClara join you up with other travellers, guide you around the sites, or just provide up-to-date information in 5 languages. See Peru, World's catalogue on You Tube.
Michael White & Clara Bravo Press coverage at Huaca de la Luna: PROYECTO CENTRO CULTURAL MOCHE VIEJO PROPONEN EN HUACA DE LA LUNA 
Se ubicará en la zona que se encuentra en el límite sur del área del sitio arqueológico y que colinda al oeste con la Campiña de Moche. www.peruprensa.org/Ta241205.htm Diario La República - La reina premia a los Moches www.larepublica.com.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105824&Itemid=28&fecha_e... - 33k - 23 Mar 2006 - En cachét - Páginas similares Diario La República - Maravillas bajo tierra www.larepublica.com.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100077&Itemid=487&fecha_... - 41k - En cachét - Páginas similares www.huacadelaluna.org.pe Webpage new in 2004. English/Español Frommers.com : Central & South America : Peru : Northern Peru ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Excursions to El Brujo Moche Death Rituals in New Zealand www.otagomuseum.govt.nz/WhatsOn/WhatsOn  
Lechuza Terrestre Owl frequently seen at Huacas www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX041314.html www.huacas.com Grim Rites of the Moche - [ Traduzca esta página ] Huaca de la Luna Temple of Doom El Brujo Archaeological site in National Geographic Magazine of July 2004 in many languages.
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Tours in English Español Francais Italiano Deutsch Casa de Clara Guest House Trujillo del Perú was founded by Diego de Almagro in December (maybe late November) 1534, under express orders from Francisco Pizarro and the foundation was formalized in March 1535. It was founded among 4 Chimú settlements (Moche, Huanchaco, Huamán & Mampuesto), so they could ally against the Incas. It was named after Pizarro´s home town, & the original street plan traced by Martín de Estete, following royal ordinances via Panamá, requiring for example a military building (intendencia) on the plaza. It was a religious & military conquest & details like the town hall could wait. The Plaza de Armas originally had 3 solares on each side, plots which stretched to the next street. Each house typically had a zaguán or entrance hall to a first reception patio, the salón with the cuadra behind, leading to the second patio with the family rooms around it & a third patio with the servants’ quarters, stables, gardens and a well. In 1687 a city wall designed by the Italian José de Fomento was completed by the Duke of Palata, to make the residents feel safe from pirates. As the city grew, it disappeared from where we now have the elliptic Avenida España.
There are just three restored remnants; la Portada de la Sierra, an entry gate towards the highlands at the top (9th block) of Pizarro, while a buttress & a ‘cortina’ (that ran between two buttresses) at opposite ends of Colón. Near the entrance, there are remains of the original distribution cistern (caja de aguas) which directed water in 5 directions. The same pedestrian area has a fountain built by Gustave Eiffel,
transferred from the Plaza de Armas (see painting) for strategic reasons during the war of the Pacific (1879-1883). It shows four statues of people representing the four seasons. City Tour A 9am start from the top end of Pizarro, down to Orbegoso & past the Plaza de Armas to the corner of Bolognesi, returning up Independencia to Junín, gives time for breaks before finishing at the University museum which is open until 2.45pm. Colonial houses are generally open 9.30am to 1pm & 4.30-6.15pm on weekdays & Saturdays until midday. Architecture From the start, the height of buildings was limited by the possibility of seismic activity. The lack of good quality wood & stone & the costs of working them helped them acquire faith in adobe, which resists earthquakes, keeps heat in & out, with three thousand years of experience readily available. Initially floors were mud & roofs were flat, until the occurrence of El Niño rains dictated change. Floors became rounded stones, flagstones or red brick & the roofs acquired slopes. The colonial architecture was then built on terrepleines around the patios. There were extensive mural designs. The Gothic art style was lost in the 1619 earthquake. Moorish & baroque styles remained in the 17th century. Baroque mestizo, an indigenous influence continued until 1760. From then there were rococo, French, Italian & English influences. A single solid colour is typical of the last century. Only the colours traditionally available should be used in the historic centre. Windows were few & high for security. Originally of wood, they were painted dark blue or green. The copper content helped protect the wood from insects. Decorated iron nails, knockers (aldavas) & hinges & protectors helped provided security. The stone window sills (peanas) & canopies (conopeas) helped keep them in position, especially after iron was imported from Biscay after the 1759 earthquake: first forged (forjado) & then cast (fundido) iron railings. The metal was often painted black, with gold coloured embellishments. The white seen today is a tradition for the last century. All of Trujillo was destroyed by the earthquake on St. Valentine’s Day in 1619. What was not destroyed was demolished. A few mural details remain in the entrance halls (zaguánes) & below later foundations. A chancelry (cancela) gave carriages access to the first of 3 patios, a second patio gave access to family rooms, while the third patio housed servants and stables. A secondary corridor from there enabled horses to be ridden to and from the first reception patio. As a result of natural disasters, financial problems, sales & inheritances, few houses retain all three patios. The Casa Orbegoso & Casa del Mayorazgo acquired L-shaped plans. Churches (On google map) The churches started with the form of a Latin cross. They started off as monasteries or convents. Later, if they had less than 15 monks, nuns or novices they were limited to being churches. Minor churches started with just one tower. The second tower & lateral naves appeared later.
The Cathedral (Orbegoso 4 & Independencia 5) was rebuilt between 1647-1666, two previous churches on the same site having been destroyed by earthquakes. It has baroque & rococo altars, the wooden principal altar having being restored after the 1970 earthquake. It has Quito & Cuzco style paintings & a museum alongside with outstanding paintings & religious clothing. To the right of the Cathedral in the photo is the Cathedral Museum, & next door, the Archbishop's Palace.   The Archbishop’s Palace & particularly the woodwork & Seville tiles, were beautifully restored for the visit of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of state of the Vatican, & opened to the public subsequently in September 2007.
La Merced was one of the first two churches of Trujillo & was rebuilt in 1630. It was constructed by Alfonso de las Nieves. The main façade is baroque, with the founder of the order San Pedro Nolasco in the lateral façade too.  Its espadañas could not carry a full-sized bell, so the bells lie on the floor near the entrances.
The upper choir stalls have a mock, painted, wooden, rococo 18th century organ & the original altar (painted on the wall before there was wood or funds), is still on view in the nave nearest the lateral entrance.
The main altar is covered in gold leaf. The four pechinas painted below the inner dome which collapsed in the 1970 earthquake have been beautifully restored.  La ex-Compania de Jesús (Pizarro 3 & Almagro 3), a work of Diego de la Puente between 1632-1633 was considered the bench mark for later buildings, including the cathedral. The Jesuits were expelled from the colonies around 1766 & never returned to Trujillo.
Simón Bolívar founded the first republican university there in 1824 & the National University of Trujillo still uses it for conferences & occasional exhibits.  The nocturnal picture shows from right to left, doric, ionic & compound Corinthian capitels on its columns.
San Francisco (Independencia 607 & Gamarra) has part (cátedra) of the pulpit from which San Francisco predicted (in 1613) that Trujillo would be destroyed, as it was, later in 1619. The pulpit, main altar & polychrome altars are of baroque style.  Santo Domingo (1638-1642 & 1669)(Pizarro 2 & Bolognesi 4).  Santa Clara (Junín 4 & Independencia 6) convent’s church has a ‘torna voz’, where you can talk, but not see the cloistered nuns. The public can see them only during Sunday mass when they sing in ‘seven voices’ at 8am.
Belén (1705), the church of the hospital order was considered audacious for its height in an area which is prone to earthquakes. It was the last to reopen, late in 1995, following the 1970 earthquake. San Agustín (1658) Bolivar 508 & Orbegoso 6) has a main altar & pulpit, both covered in gold leaf & of baroque style. Santa Ana (Orbegoso 2 & Zepita 4), Santa Rosa (1717) & San Lorenzo (Ayacucho 4 & Colón 7) were originally ‘iglesias menores’ for the indigenous people.
San Lorenzo’s roof collapsed as a result of the 1997/8 ‘El Niño’ rains, so our wedding was more economic, helped the restoration fund & was better illuminated for the wedding photos than normal.  Monasterio e Iglesia del Carmen (Bolívar & Colón) was finished in 1725, but only opened its picture gallery (pinacoteca) & occasionally the church (in photo) to the public in the 1990s. The monastery remains closed.
There are four churches near Chimú sites, away from the city centre. San Salvador de Mansiche & its Popes’ Plaza were visited by the Pope John Paul II in 1984. The arch commemorating his visit was demolished when the avenue was widened. A huge cross at the Ovalo Papal on the Avenida América is a reminder of hundreds of thousands gathering to see him there. He visited Iquitos too, el ‘Papa charapa.’ Santiago de Huamán has a baroque mestizo façade. It is 3km west of Trujillo’s centre. Santuario trujillano contará con iluminación arquitectónica (English)
El santuario Santiago de Huamán, del centro poblado de Huamán, en el distrito trujillano de Víctor Larco (La Libertad), contará con iluminación arquitectónica, informó hoy el Arzobispado Metropolitano de Trujillo. (AND192301) www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=XwHQlOTnZiE= Restaurarán lienzos del siglo XVII de templo trujillano
Dos valiosos lienzos del Santuario de Huamán, en Trujillo (La Libertad), pertenecientes al siglo XVII, serán restaurados en una iniciativa conjunta entre varias instituciones, informó hoy el Arzobispado Metropolitano de Trujillo. (AND201690) www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=pypwrGIcvDE= Virgen del Perpetuo Socorro de Huanchaco has an extensive view over the bay. Pilgrimages each 5 years since it was built go to San José, Mansiche & around the 12 churches inside Trujillo’s Avenida España. San José is at the north entrance to the Velarde palace of Chan Chan. The lighting was improved from Trujillo to Huanchaco & at its two churches in 2008. Lighting was also improved at the Cathedral, San Francisco, Carmen, San Agustín Nocturnal tours are being programmed for Trujillo. As a result of interest in the Historic Centre of Trujillo becoming World Heritage, it was realized the cemetery is historically important & is to be included in such tours. Colonial houses (on google map) Casa de la Emancipación (Pizarro 610 & Gamarra) has a copy of the coat of arms of Trujillo, authorized by Carlos I (Karl V) in 1537 to reward its loyalty to Spain. It is where the precursors of independence met for the forthcoming independence of Peru, became the first seat of Constituent Congress in 1823 & the government of Riva Agüero. One hall houses a model of colonial Trujillo; an exhibit on the Bishop of Trujillo Martinez de Compañon, replicas of his water colours; and another on Peru´s best known poet, Cesar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza, including his works translated into many languages. Another has a varied & interesting gallery maintained by BBVA.
Palacio Iturregui (Pizarro 688 & Junín) was built around 1840 by the man who declared the independence of Lambayeque before moving to Trujillo. The American George Squier declared the most splendid residence in South America. It still conserves its three patios & has been the home of the Club Central for over a century.  You can enter the first patio with marble floors, wrought & cast iron windows, & with a prior appointment, more of the house & its ceramic collection. It was the first residence to have a functional second floor.
Casa Urquiaga y Calonge, Pizarro 446 is on its original bases, a solar allocated in 1534.  Bolívar lived here in the early 1820s, leaving his writing desk & documents of the first government & the founding of what became today’s National University of Trujillo.
 Its dining hall is beautifully lit by the skylight & chandelier.
 The picture shows the second of three patios it still conserves &
 the third still has a fig tree, indicating that its descendants are from one of the 13 settling families. It is occupied by Banco Central de la Reserva.
 Next door on Pizarro, Guillermo Ganoza' s house still has caballos de paso appear on Festival days.
 La Municipalidad (Pizarro 402) was donated by Victor Larco in 1917, & lost its third storey during the 1970 earthquake. Trujillo’s independence from Spain was declared on the same site, in an earlier town hall on 29th December 1820. Iperu has its information office here.
 Simón Bolívar called the Department La Libertad & its centenary was celebrated with the building of a monument built by the concourse winner the German Edmund Müller.
    Casa del Mayorazgo de Facalá (Pizarro 314 & Bolognesi 5) was where Peru’s first flag was embroidered.
It has the best corner balcony in Trujillo, with beautiful interior & exterior woodcarvings. The building was beautifully restored in 1991 by BancoWiese which became Scotia Bank. La Casa Muñoz La Casa Muñoz y Cañete. Constructed on the plot assigned to the Márquez Francisco Pizarro. Until recently occupied by the Prefect of Trujillo. The typical 18th century coastal plan was adapted in the 19th century. As is traditional in republican architecture of vice royal origin it has all adobe walls, wood, cane & mud plaster (quincha) roofing. Ex-Hotel Carranza (Orbegoso 311 & San Martín 5). It was previously known as Hotel del Arco, as there used to be an arch on the corner permitting access to the Main Plaza from the north. The poet César Vallejo (1892-1938) lived in a room there as a student & teacher. Rincon de Vallejo is an excellent typical restaurant here & nearby on España. Casa Orbegoso, Orbegoso 553, was the residence of the only Peruvian President from the Region of La Libertad, General Luis Jaime de Orbegoso y Moncada. His body was transferred from the Miraflores cemetery to the crypt below his house on his 200th birthday in 1995. The corner balcony is eclectic & gives a good view over the patio to the San Agustín church, to which it used to belong. The entrance hall (zaguán) has Moorish, baroque, baroque mestizo, rococo & neoclassic art. The wooden lattice of the chancellery (cancela) permitted secure communication with the first patio.
Cannons like those on the first & corner patios originally defended the Plaza Armada, later called the Plaza de Armas & today the Plaza Mayor.
The turned window bars & frames are painted green like the rest of the woodwork. Above the windows (cenofa) above the terrepleine there is rococo art. Orbegoso, in a painting in the main hall above the entrance, used to receive the mail via the corner balcony. Riders did not wait around during the struggle for independence, as it was uncertain who were royalists & republicans. The house lost its rear patio & its plan became L-shaped, but the second patio still has an artesanal well & the remains of a mill. The passage between the patios enabled horses to be separated from the carriage in the first patio & dispatched to the stables off the second patio. Interbank restored it & occasionally has exhibitions in its gallery & cultural activities in its corner patio. Visits are free, but identity documents are required to enter the house. It was being restored for 8 months between 2007 & 2008. Casa Airaldi, Orbegoso 586, has one of the three oldest facades in Trujillo, from 1620-1650. The mock archway is given away by the paint which has come away from its wooden lintel. It is up for sale, if you have a US$1million or two.  Casa Bracamonte (or Lizarzaburu, Independencia 441) has an artesanal well. Rarely open to the public. Occupied by the Beneficiencia Pública & IPSS.
Casa Garci Olguín, now occupied by Caja Norperu, was restored in 2000. There is permanent access to its ATM, so you can see into its only remaining patio, but unfortunately the ATM & publicity block the view of panels explaining the restoration process & its Moorish, baroque & rococo artwork, the late renaissance from the end of the 16th & first decades of the 17th centuries. A safe from Bilston was made by appointment to Queen Victoria. Casa Loyers’ (Independencia 5) earliest history is from 1774. It belonged to English descendants, until Banco del Trabajo acquired & restored it in the 1990s. Neoclassic art has been restored in its only remaining patio.
 Casa Ganoza Chopitea, de los Leones (Independencia 628) has Moorish, baroque & rococo influences on its façade. The wooden balcony was made from remnants of earlier examples. It also has a wrought iron window. It conserves a second patio with quincha (plastered cane) roof, but the third patio is a modern conference hall.
La Casa Martínez de Pinillos y Hoyle (Junín 454). Built in 1846 of adobe, wood & some brick structure, it has a marked neoclassic influence & symmetric republican façade with barroque influences. It houses the Chamber of Commerce. Casa Risco (Junín 682 & Ayacucho 4, 1709-1723) Houses the National University of Trujillo Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology & History. Casa Aranda, (Bolívar 6). Built in the mid 18th Century, its portal is the only example of barroque mestizo in north Peru; like few others it has Moorish, late renaissance, barroque, rococo & modern neoclassic influences. Its owner had artists from the province bring in the indigenous influences.
Región La Libertad e INC unen esfuerzos para construir Casa de la Identidad Regional El gobierno regional de La Libertad y el Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC) suscribieron un convenio de cooperación para concretar la construcción de la Casa de la Identidad Regional, que reunirá la historia natural y cultural del departamento norteño. www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=8oMbehpd+gs= Postergan hasta el próximo año remodelación de histórico Teatro Municipal de Trujillo Bolívar 8
El histórico Teatro Municipal de Trujillo (La Libertad) será remodelado a partir de enero del próximo año, estimó hoy el gerente municipal de Educación, Cultura, Juventud y Deportes, David Calderón de los Ríos. (AND196709) www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=LNWDlgr4rG0= Hallan restos coloniales en el centro de Trujillo Hallan restos coloniales en el centro de Trujillo. Arqueólogos del INC hicieron excavaciones en plena Plaza de Armas y en calles adyacentes ...
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Incluye el monumento Moeller de la Plaza Mayor, Palacio Iturregui, Iglesias de Huaman y Angasmarca y casas desaparecidas. Por Miguel Adolfo Vega Cardenas. http://historiadocumentaldetrujillodelperu.blogspot.com/ Thanks to Bob Loeb for the use of his photos www.flickr.com/photos/bobloeb/sets/72157602957997852/?page=2 More from our photo album http://groups.msn.com/TrujilloPeru/colonialtrujillo.msnw?Page=1 Apoyar el Proyecto Especial de Recuperación del Patrimonio Monumental de Trujillo. 1 http://truxillodelperu.blogspot.com/ 2 Inventario del patrimonio cultural. 3 PECHT Proyecto Especial Centro Histórico de Trujillo.
4 Programa mi padrino Wikipedia contribution University Mosaic is the longest work of art in Latin America, according to Trujillo's Mayor. Paseo Universitario de Trujillo. Foto MPT |
Municipalidad de Trujillo entrega hoy remozado Paseo Universitario 25/8/2009 “Los turistas nacionales y extranjeros admirarán el Paseo Universitario, ya que desde hoy podrán apreciar mejor las escenas gráficas del gigantesco mural universitario, el más grande de América Latina”, sostuvo Acuña Peralta. En el mural se observan aves, volcanes, danzantes, conquistadores, flores, huacas, virreyes, caciques, divinidades de la mitología prehispánica, helicópteros, ríos, danzantes y sobresale un Cristo levitando, entre otras imágenes sugerentes, como las ruinas de Macchu Picchu y Chan Chan. Para este gigantesco mosaico se ha utilizado por lo menos treinta millones de fragmentos de mayólica de un centímetro cuadrado, con la colaboración de artistas de la Escuela de Bellas Artes “Macedonio de La Torre” de Trujillo. www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=3Vj0v6dierE= This webpage first opened 14/4/2008 | | |
| Lambayeque: Sipán, Huaca Ventarrón, Collud-Zarpán, Huaca Quiñones, Sican (Lambayeque), Chotuna-Chornancap,Mochumi, Zaña, Museums Colonial Trujillo Peru, Trujillo north Peru, Tours, Chan Chan, Huacas de Moche, El Brujo, Caballo Muerto, Viru, Cerro Campana, Ruta Moche, Lima, Norte Chico, Aspero, Bandurria & Caral, Tumbes, Piura & North Peru beaches, National Geographic etc, Guides & books, Transport, Ecuador Peru route, Peru Brazil, Cruises, Festivals – Marinera (Enero), Primavera 22/9/2011-2/10/2011 & Caballos de paso, Weather, Peru Biodiversity & Birds, Guañape, guano & ceramics TV & Football, Google Earth maps Tours in English Español Francais Italiano Deutsch Casa de Clara Guest House Anglo Saxon Staffordshire Gold hoard Testimonials Recommendations on hotels and information Tucume is a town at the base of Cerro de la Raya, a rocky hilltop surrounded by 26 monuments or huacas, principally of the Lambayeque and later Chimu and Inca cultures. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Museum of Oslo promoted and financed initial excavations. Maritime friezes were found at Huaca las Balsas, mural paintings at Huaca Larga and possible storage bins at Huaca 1. A surprising collection of miniature inca offerings was discovered. Alfredo Narvaez lead excavations and Daniel Sandweiss studies the evidence and effects of climatic change. The site museum is made of natural local materials and architectural characteristics. There are two separate ethnographic halls showing everyday customs, with a traditional medicinal garden showing Latin, popular names, attributes and medicinal properties of the plants. Bernarda Delgado Elias is the executive of the excavations unit since 2008. The BBC documentary with Daniel Sandweiss, Alfredo Narvaez and her suggests Pampa Grande, Batan Grande and Tucume were abandoned in that order, the latter in fear of the Spanish conquest.  MUSEO DE SITIO TUCUME - Translate this page
Plano del museo de sitio, La ciudad de Túcume www.museodesitiotucume.com - 18k - Cached Huaca Las Balsas del complejo arqueológico de Túcume será abierta a turismo nacional y extranjero 6/3/2010
Este 24 de marzo se abrirá al turismo nacional e internacional el sector Huaca La Balsas del complejo arqueológico Túcume, ubicado a 33 kilómetros al norte de la ciudad de Chiclayo, adelantó Celso Sialer, director ejecutivo de la Unidad Ejecutora Nº 111: Naylamp-Lambayeque.(AND283610) http://www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=JEBLB/4LGTM= Lambayeque museum on Tucume ruins to open by year-end
www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/noticia-lambayeque-museum-on-tucume-ruins-to-open-by-yearend-405648.aspx Museo que mostrará riqueza arqueológica de Túcume abrirá sus puertas a fin de año. 26/3/2012
A fines de este año abriría sus puertas el moderno museo de sitio que mostrará al turismo las riquezas del complejo arqueológico Pirámides de Túcume, en el departamento de Lambayeque, se informó hoy. (AND405629)
www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/noticia-museo-mostrara-riqueza-arqueologica-tucume-abrira-sus-puertas-a-fin-ano-405629.aspx  www.bbc.co.ukA journey to the Lambeyeque valley in Peru, and the ruins of 250 mysterious pyramids. Revelan enigmas de huaca Las Balsas de Túcume en Lambayeque
 La Unidad Ejecutora Nº 005: Naylamp-Lambayeque presentará hoy el libro que revela los enigmas de la huaca Las Balsas, una de las más importantes arquitecturas prehispánicas del complejo arqueológico de Túcume, elaborado en base a investigaciones realizadas hace más de 20 años.
www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/noticia-revelan-enigmas-huaca-las-balsas-tucume-lambayeque-376762.aspx National Geographic Channel - Reconstructing a Lost History ... Our NatGeo/BBC film crew has come here to recreate a ritual of human sacrifice. ... Tens of extras that will play the ordinary people of ancient Tucume. http://ngccommunity.nationalgeographic.com/ngcblogs/inside-ngc/2007/09/reconstructing-a-lost-history-pyramid-city-peru.html Surviving in the desert - The lost civilisation of Peru - BBC .... Moche Cultura PERU, Mochicas PANAMARCA , Sipan Tucume HUACA LUNA SOL.Turismo en Per ú ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqUj928cH7M www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SVQK_G5jR8 BBC - Press Office - Lost Cities of the Ancients Archaeologists working at Tucume made the sensational discovery last summer ... Lost Cities of the Ancients begins on 4 September 2006 at 9.00pm on BBC TWO. .. www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/09_september/02/peru.shtml h2g2 - BBC - h2g2 - A Conversation Forum 5 Apr 2007 ... The Sican established a new capital at Tucume in the Lambayeque Valley. .... BBC Horizon did a documentary about the floods and the end of ... www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/F6932343?thread=4034205 National Geographic Channel - Reconstructing a Lost History ... Our NatGeo/BBC film crew has come here to recreate a ritual of human sacrifice. ... Tens of extras that will play the ordinary people of ancient Tucume http://ngccommunity.nationalgeographic.com/ngcblogs/inside-ngc/2007/09/reconstructing-a-lost-history-pyramid-city-peru.html City where sacrificial slaughter was way of life - Telegraph 2 Sep 2006 ... But the picture now emerging from Túcume is one of sacrifice as a way ... Their investigation features in a BBC series, Lost Cities ...
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Thor Heyerdahl : People.com Heyerdahl purchased 20 dusty acres on the edge of Tucume for $3000 .... Says John Lynch, producer of a recent BBC documentary on Easter Island ...
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Así lo anunció hoy el director de la Unidad Ejecutora Naylamp: 111-Lambayeque, Celso Sialer
www.andina.com.pe/NoticiaDetalle.aspx?id=150791 Túcume- Translate this page Ciudad prehispanica de la cultura Sican, ubicada en la costa norte del Peru. ... Túcume fue fundado por Naymlap, héroe mítico que vino del mar en una flota de ... www.naya.org.ar/peru/tucume.htm - 13k - Cached El Complejo Arqueológico de Túcume - Translate this page ... a manera de núcleo arquitectónico principal, el área arqueológica de Túcume. ... www.unitru.edu.pe/cultural/arq/tucume.html - 10k - Cached | | |
| Cerro Campana/Ochipitur is a coastal hill that reaches 979masl, 15 kilometres north west of Trujillo Peru, provoking a variety of ecosystems and archaeological remains. It has the first discovery in Peru, where figures were made by adding earth, sand and small stones to the hillside. On a peak is a carved stone altar, with other remains from 7,000 years ago. Unsupervised visits may not be good for the security of those remains, nor their visitors. The hill's Spanish name comes from legends of a golden bell having been sighted around the time of the Spanish conquest. Trujillo: Hallazgo en cerro Campana es considerado ´Intihuatana Moche´ 03 de Abril 2012
El trascendental hallazgo de un altar de sacrificios humanos en el pico central de la cima del cerro Campana, distrito de Huanchaco (Trujillo), ha llamado la atención de los especialistas por su parecido con el Intihuatana incaico pero con mayor tiempo de antigüedad además de confirmar al cerro como el lugar de sacrificios que los arqueólogos buscaban hace mucho tiempo al haber ilustraciones en los ceramios, detalló a RPP Noticias, el arqueólogo Régulo Franco Jordán.
www.rpp.com.pe/2012-04-03-trujillo-hallazgo-en-cerro-campana-es-considerado-intihuatana-moche-noticia_468063.html Cumbre de cerro en Trujillo era escenario de sacrificios humanos moche 2/4/2012
 Uno de los altares de sacrificios humanos más antiguos de Perú, que habría levantado la sociedad moche hace más de 1,000 años, fue hallado en la cumbre del cerro Campana de Trujillo, reveló hoy el arqueólogo Régulo Franco Jordán. (AND406656)
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Geoglifos de cerro Campana serían únicos en Perú por su técnica constructiva 3/9/2011
Los geoglifos hallados enel cerro Campana, en el departamento norteño de La Libertad, serían “únicos” enPerú por la técnica empleada en su construcción y por su preservación debido afactores biológicos, según estudios difundidos hoy por la Asociación Peruana deArte Rupestre (APAR). (AND376306) Mas
www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/noticia-geoglifos-cerro-campana-serian-unicos-peru-su-tecnica-constructiva-376306.aspx Buscan que cerro Campana sea área de conservación regional en La Libertad 29/3/2011
Autoridades e investigadores promoverán la declaratoria del cerro Campana, ubicado a 15 kilómetros al noroeste de la provincia de Trujillo, como Área de Conservación Regional (ACR), a fin de garantizar la protección de sus ecosistemas. (AND350609)
www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/noticia-buscan-cerro-campana-sea-area-conservacion-regional-la-libertad-350609.aspx Encuentran geoglifo en forma de candelabro en cerro Campana de Trujillo 15/9/2009
Un geoglifo en forma de candelabro, posiblemente elaborado en la época preincaica, fue encontrado por el investigador Carlos Quiroz Moreno en el cerro Campana, localizado en la provincia de Trujillo, departamento de La Libertad. (AND253915)
www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/noticia-encuentran-geoglifo-forma-candelabro-cerro-campana-trujillo-253915.aspx . APAR acaba de publicar el Segundo Informe sobre los geoglifos de Cerro Campana, los que constituyen una notable evidencia cultural de Huanchaco y el norte del Perú. Estamos seguros que será del interés de todos.
https://sites.google.com/site/aparperu/home/reportes-articulos-reports-articles/cerro-campana2 Una caminata natural al cerro campana en trujillo 21/4/2012 http://www.rpp.com.pe/2012-04-21-una-caminata-natural-al-cerro-campana-en-trujillo-noticia_473813.html Interesting & informative Facebook link on Cerro Campana Includes geology, climate, flora, fauna, archaeology & threats. www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.104339596318729.9027.100002280674468&type=1 Page first opened 5/9/2011. | | |
| Colonial Trujillo, Trujillo north Peru, Tours, Chan Chan, Huacas de Moche, El Brujo, Caballo Muerto, Museums, Ruta Moche Lambayeque: Sipán, Huaca Ventarrón, Collud-Zarpán, Huaca Quiñones, Sican, Chotuna-Chornancap, Túcume, Mochumi, Zaña, Lima, Norte Chico, Aspero, Bandurria & Caral, Tumbes, Piura & North Peru beaches, Ica Guides & books, Transport, Ecuador Peru, Peru Brazil, Cruises, Festivals – Marinera, Primavera & Caballos de paso, Weather, Peru Biodiversity & Birds, Guañape, guano & ceramics TV & Football, Google Earth maps Tours: English Español Francais Italiano Deutsch Portuguese Casa de Clara Guest House Anglo Saxon Staffordshire Gold hoard Recommendations: Testimonials Tips on hotels & information National Geographic latest tips PATRONATO HUACAS DEL VALLE DE MOCHE- Noticias- News [ Translate this page ]  The archaeological complex Huacas del Sol y de la Luna
(Temple of the Sun & the Moon) which is located in the northern coast of
Peru includes those two big truncated pyramids, plus the Huaca Las Estrellas
(Temple of the Stars), the Huaca del Cerro Blanco (White Hill Temple),
the spider geoglyph and other constructions.
In a landscape dominated by the imposing Cerro Blanco (White Hill),
vegetation thrives because of the river Moche and the proximity of the sea.
Both huacas constituted the center of apower of the millenary Mochica, a
culture that developed from 100 to 900 AD. Nowadays the archaeological complex,
also known as Huacas de Moche (Moche Temples), encloses an area of 60 hectares.
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Develarán gran patio ceremonial de huaca de la Luna 23/01/2012
Comenzaron hoy los trabajos para retirar el adobe y la tierra que cubren el gran patio ceremonial de la huaca de La Luna, antiguo templo de la sociedad Moche, informó el codirector del proyecto arqueológico ubicado en la provincia de Trujillo, La Libertad, Ricardo Morales. (AND396555)
http://www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/noticia-develaran-gran-patio-ceremonial-huaca-de-luna-396555.aspx Descubren antigua entrada a Huaca de la Luna y altar de relieves policromados 18/1/2012  http://diariocorreo.pe/nota/63656/descubren-antigua-entrada-a-huaca-de-la-luna-y-altar-de-relieves-policromados/
Proyecto UNT “huaca de la luna” mostró hallazgo sui generis
El interés de los convocados fue una original construcción semicircular (en media luna) de cuatro escalinatas, que mide en su parte superior 3 metros y en su base alrededor de 5 metros y medio, con rampa de Este a Oeste, que a sospechas del arqueólogo UNT Santiago Uceda se trataría de un altar de sacrificios. http://trujillodiwebnoticias.blogspot.com/2012/01/proyecto-unt-huaca-de-la-luna-mostro.html Serán desvelados por los arqueólogos gracias a las excavaciones que se iniciarán en el lugar a partir de abril de 2011, anunció hoy el codirector del proyecto arqueológico, Ricardo Morales Gamarra.
Se invertirán un millón 200,000 nuevos soles, se buscará definir la función que cumplió la ancestral edificación, así como sus características de ingeniería y su secuencia arquitectónica.
“Se presume que este lugar cumplió una función netamente administrativa; sin embargo, se determinará si se realizaban rituales religiosos, lo cual cambiaría el rumbo de la investigación.”
La zona tuvo trabajos de prospección que, junto a algunas investigaciones del arqueólogo alemán Max Uhle, a inicios del siglo pasado, indican que en la plataforma sur de la pirámide moche habría pinturas murales.http://trujillodiwebnoticias.blogspot.com/2010/10/arqueologos-desvelaran-secretos.html Huaca de La Luna (The Moon Temple), in Trujillo (La Libertad). Photo: ANDINA / Oscar Paz. |
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- The World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced today the award of
US$ 1 million to Huaca de la Luna, one of the most significant
Moche ceremonial complexes located in Trujillo, La Libertad,
northern Peru, to help develop an integrated management plan
to support its inscription as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
This is an official designation that would acknowledge to the world
the extraordinary importance of this heritage site, the WMF said.
www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=R401w3br1C4= Experts to unveil first level of the Huaca de la Luna façade
Details on the walls of Huaca de la Luna in Trujillo. Photo: ANDINA/Oscar Paz. |
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- Trujillo, Apr. 07 2010 (ANDINA).- The first two levels of the main facade of the Huaca de la Luna, located in La Libertad, will be unveiled by the specialists who work in this sacred temple of the Moche culture, with a one-million-dollar donation of the World Monuments Fund (WMF).
The WMF announced Monday the award to Huaca de la Luna to help develop an integrated management plan to support its inscription as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The archaeological project director Ricardo Morales said that excavation works are being carried out in the main façade, which according to previous investigations, would keep under ground two of its levels, the first ones built. Morales considered that the unearthing of the second level will be completed by the end of this year, and in 2011 the first one will be recovered. The donation will also enable to finish the operating plan of the archaeological complex, one of Unesco’s requirements for the sites to be considered as Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The contribution of the organization represents the greatest donation given in Latin America, considering that it is about one of the most important archeological sites of the continent. (END) OPC/VVS/PSY/LVT http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=BPawXQ/qRqc= Peruvian archaeological heritage to be promoted in the US Peruvian archaeological heritage to be promoted in the US
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- Lima, Apr. 07 (ANDINA).- Peru’s Export and Tourism Promotion Board (Promperu) will promote several Peruvian archaeological sites during its participation in the Archaeological Institute of America Gala, to be held in late April in the United States.
The event is organized by the Archaeological Institute of America, the world’s largest and most important archaeological organization, and will take place from April 26 to 30 in New York City. Peru will present its different archaeological attractions, such as the Lady of Cao exhibition, and will offer live music and dance performances as well as traditional dishes. Peruvian history, culture, cuisine and entertainment take center stage at this black tie affair. Tickets can be purchased at www.archaeological.org/gala (END) DCT/CSO/PSY/EEP www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=CK2XXh5MdKo=
New pyramid discovered in Peru linked to ancient copper industry Huaca Colorada, which translates as ‘coloured hill’ a 1,400 year flat-topped pyramid, built by the Moche culture, was used for the living rather than just for the dead, and contains a wealth of artefacts, murals and human remains, concluded excavation team leader Professor Edward Swenson, of the University of Toronto, The living complex would have housed no more than 25 people, and was complete with patios, a kitchen, and stands for ‘paica’ – large vessels for storing water and corn beer. The team also identified a bin used to hold guinea pigs: "The preservation was so good that we actually came across guinea pig coprolites (faeces)." Several murals covered the corridors at the pyramid's summit. The best-preserved of these depicts a Moche warrior carrying a club. Other murals include a depiction of what appears to be a cactus with two mountain peaks and a rainbow, and a representation of two litter-bearers carrying a person. The skeletons of three adolescent girls, and body parts belonging to four other individuals, were found on a platform at the top of the pyramid. The girls were buried with beads around their neck and their feet were close together, suggesting that they had been bound. Charring on the girls' knees indicate that their bodies were subject to "ritualistic burning." This evidence raises the possibility that the girls were sacrificed as part of a ritual, something not uncommon among the Moche. However physical anthropologists examining the skeletons could find no evidence of trauma. This means the girls either died naturally or were killed in such a way that no evidence was left on their bones. "It’s possible they were sacrificed but we don’t know," adds Prof Swenson. To the south of the pyramid the team found a large number of copper artefacts including spatulas, knives, smelting receptacles and ornaments. "I’ve never found such a high quantity of copper," says Swenson. "The power of these elites could very much have been grounded in control of copper production." Huaca Colorada is near the coast of Peru where copper is scarce, so the site’s rulers would have had to trade with people living in the mountains, at least 200km to the east. Swenson speculates that the rulers "may have been considered lords – but lords of a particular kind – in transforming ore into finished products". Alternatively, says Swenson, there could have been a "corporation of co-operating but high status practitioners." Huaca Colorada appears to be undefended. Swenson said the team found "no walls, no sling-stones... unlike many of the sites built on the coastal hills." The area surrounding the settlement was mostly flat, and would have offered little resistance from invaders. There was certainly warfare in the Moche world, but perhaps, for some unknown reason, Huaca Colorada and its pyramid were off-limits to invaders. Excavation work continues at the site, and researchers will conduct a GPR survey on the pyramid this summer to determine its size. www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/new-pyramid-discovered-in-peru-linked-to-ancient-copper-industry-1979529.html King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain, visiting the pre-Columbian site of Huaca de la Luna in Trujillo Huaca de La Luna to receive 110,000 visitors in 2008 Andina 5/11/2008 More Espanol Spain returns pre-Columbian artifacts from Patterson Collection to Peru Project wins fine government practice award Ejemplos de buen gobierno en los lugares más inverosímiles
En pleno desierto
Desde hace 16 años el Proyecto Huaca de La Luna, financiado por Backus,
ha demostrado ser un excelente ejemplo de la alianza estratégica entre
empresa privada, el Estado y una entidad académica como la Universidad
Nacional de Trujillo, demostrando cómo invertir en cultura e identidad
puede tener un impacto social muy positivo.
www.caretas.com.pe/Main.asp?T=3082&id=12&idE=740&idSTo=326&idA=28292 | | Lima, 24 Agosto 2007.- En ceremonia realizada en el Hotel Sheraton de Lima, el Proyecto Arqueológico Huaca de la Luna recibió el Premio Buenas Prácticas Gubernamentales en la Categoría Promoción de la Cultura e Identidad. La candidatura presentada se centró en describir 16 años de investigación y revaloración de la cultura Moche, convirtiéndose en centro de investigación, congregando a especialistas nacionales e internacionales, que han generado 504 publicaciones científicas y una escuela de campo que ha formado a la fecha 480 estudiantes universitarios y de post grado nacionales y extranjeros.  |
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Moche  This exhibit focuses on the archaeology in Mesoamerica and South America,
with additional pages on specific sites, cultures, and technology used by them.
Moche art often represents ceremony, mythology and the daily life of the Moche people.
Wonderfully expressive, it depicts everything from sexual acts to ill humans,
and even anthropomorphized warriors, deities and humans.
Though the predominant medium of the Moche was clay, the other mediums of
copper, silver and gold also held a functional post within Moche art. www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures/moche.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages PROGRAMME INTERNATIONAL MOCHE 1999-2007 Français www.mae.u-paris10.fr/recherche/aamoche.htm |
The Moche civilization (the Mochica culture, Early Chimu, Pre-Chimu, Proto-Chimu, etc.)
Moche history is broadly categorized into five periods based on the increasing
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Ancient Moche burials provided insects with banquet http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/09/moche-exposed-dead-flies/1 ...a multi-year expedition to explore the
Moche Culture on the North Coast of Peru.
Under the direction of George Gumerman IV,
this project seeks to understand the Moche
civilization of Peru through the study of
prehistoric food systems.
Initial excavations in 1997 at two rural
Moche Valley farming villages,
Ciudad de Dios and Santa Rosa-Quirihuac,
can now be compared to our ongoing explorations
at the Moche political and ceremonial center
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Ciudad de Dios and Cerro León in the middle Moche Valley. The goal of the Moche Origins Project is to examine how highland-coastal relationships,
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MOCHE ICONOGRAPHYRemnants of monumental architecture in the Moche Valley, Peru. ...
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the burial theme consists of at least four activities: burial, assembly, conch-shell transfer, & sacrifice...
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If a curer lost a patient through ignorance... he was put to death by beating and stoning.
His body was tied by a rope to that of his dead patient, and the latter was buried.
The curer ... was left above the ground to be eaten by the birds (Calancha)... www.doaks.org/moche.pdf - Similar pages The lost civilization of the Moche 1 of 7 from History Channel http://es.youtube .com/watch?v=RfPCUk3zSS4&feature=related |
Northern Mochewww.elcomerc ioperu.com. pe/EdicionImpres a/Html/2007- 04-30/ImEcNacion al0715188. html Sustainable Preservation Initiative Announces First Grant Winner
The Sustainable Preservation Initiative (SPI) is an innovative organization that preserves the world's cultural heritage by providing sustainable economic opportunities to poor communities where endangered archaeological sites are located. It has awarded a grant of $48,000 for artisanal and touristic development around the Moche cemetery site of San José de Moro, on the north coast of Peru ("Moro"). The proceeds will help create long-term business revenue and employment, as well as provide powerful economic incentives to ensure the preservation of this important site. Learn more.http://m1e.net/c?67123628-8lK73urBUQM06%405116028-qPFB1K53rdO/s Amazon.com: Moche Fineline Painting from San Jose De Moro (Cotsen Monograph) ... Moche civilisation flourished on the north coast of Peru from AD 200 to 800. ...La civilización perdida de los Moche 6 http://es.youtube .com/watch?v=82-pG3w2lJU&feature=relatedwww.amazon.com/Moche-Fineline-Painting-Cotsen-Monograph/dp/1931745382 - 129k - Cached SYLLABUS FIELD SCHOOL – 2006 SEASON SAN JOSE DE MORO ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT (PDF) San Jose de Moro is a small village located on the banks of the Chaman ... The Moche occupation (400 – 850 AD) occurred immediately before the Transitional ... www.tiwanakuarcheo.net/sjm/San_Jose_de_Moro_syllabus.pdf - 69k - View as html Cerro Chepén Fortifications may indicate increased conflict & civil war. Moche Burials Uncovered @ nationalgeographic.com Dos Cabezas  Finding undisturbed Moche tombs is rare in an area
that has been looted for more than four centuries,
yet from 1997 to 1999 our team of U.S. and Peruvian
researchers discovered three extraordinary tombs at
Dos Cabezas, an ancient settlement in the lower
Jequetepeque Valley. Outside each burial chamber
was a miniature tomb containing a small copper statue
meant to represent the tomb’s principal occupant.
Each tomb also contained a remarkably tall adult male
who would have been a giant among his peers.
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[PDF] For about 400 years, from 150 to 550 A.D., the Moche inhabited Dos Cabezas ... Archaeologists are not clear why the Moche occupation of Dos Cabezas ended, ...
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www.el comercioperu.com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Html/2007-04-29/ImEcMundo0714831.html  Looted treasure found in UK 
An ancient Peruvian headdress which was looted from an archaeological site has been found by police in London. 17 Aug 2006 http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=all&edition=i&q=peru+archaeology Un catálogo con 1.173 piezas www.el comercioperu.com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Html/2007-04-29/ImEcMundo0714653.html Dos objetos de oro de culturas Moche y Wari están en libros editados en el Perú en los 90.  | Editor de Perú Explorer, Eloy Ramírez, muestra nariguera moche que aparece en libro peruano de 1990 y la misma pieza –alterada– que Christie's subastaría mañana en Nueva York. (Foto. Arturo Pérez). |
Dos de las piezas de las 36 pertenecientes al
patrimonio peruano que subastará la Casa Christie's
mañana 23 de mayo, podrían ser recuperadas por
nuestro país. Hay pruebas que demuestran que
estaban en el Perú en los años 90, cuando el
tratado internacional que impide el tráfico de
bienes culturales–de 1972– ya estaba vigente. Se trata de una nariguera de oro moche y una
máscara wari del mismo metal. Ambas aparecen en el catálogo de la casa de
subastas, pero antes aparecieron en el libro
Trujillo precolombino editado aquí por la
empresa Odebrecht en 1990.
La fotografía de la nariguera aparece en la
página 311 y la de la máscara en la 339 del libro.
La historiadora Mariana Mould de Pease también ha
señalado que una imagen de la pieza moche aparece
en la página 128 del libro Oro antiguo del Perú, editado por el Banco de Crédito del Perú en 1992.
Estos datos los proporcionó Eloy Ramírez, editor de la revista Perú Explorer, la primera en informar
sobre el sobre el tema. "Nosotros hemos hecho llegar a la Cancillería las fotografías de ambas piezas para que
las autoridades empiecen las gestiones o el reclamo respectivo ante la casa Christie's.
También hemos brindado toda la información que tenemos sobre las otras piezas que se
subastarán", contó Ramírez.
El dato
LABOR. El gobierno peruano tomó contacto con Christie's y ha entregado documentación
sobre las piezas. Muchas están amparadas por un tratado con EEUU de 1997. |
www.larepublica.com.pe/content/view/158133/30/  EFE. Se ofertan bellos objetos como este. La salida a subasta de 48 piezas arqueológicas peruanas en las casas Sothebys y Christie's de Nueva York ha llevado al arqueólogo Walter Alva, descubridor
de la tumba del Señor de Sipán, a pedir que se demuestre la legalidad de su procedencia.
El arqueólogo peruano explicó que "este tipo de remate se ha convertido en una situación usual" y, por tal motivo, planteó "solicitar, a través de
la embajada del Perú en Estados Unidos, que la galería sustente la tenencia
de estos objetos antes de 1980".
A partir de 1980 entraron en vigor leyes internacionales que protegen el patrimonio cultural
y, en 1997, Perú y Estados Unidos firmaron un Memorándum de Entendimiento que impone
restricciones para la importación de objetos arqueológicos precolombinos.
La subasta se realiza desde hoy hasta el próximo miércoles. |
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"Moche ceramics, the best known of ancient Peruvian artifacts, are among the finest ... Moche Stirrup spout Vessel with Portrait Head 200 - 800 AD ...
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 The Moche culture flourished on the dry deserts of the Northern Coast of Peru
between 200 BC and AD 700.
Archaeological study of Moche cities has shown that the society was made up
of Warrior-Priest rulers, weavers, metalsmiths, potters, farmers, and fishermen.
Moche farmers used sophisticated irrigation techniques to turn the desert into
productive farmland.
The Moche often depicted actual people in pottery...
Persons portrayed in art actually represented real people or at least actual roles
taken by individuals in Moche society.
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 Fig 1 |
ON DECEMBER 4, 1909, the Illustrated London News reported that a collection
of 250 prehistoric pottery objects excavated from the Chicama Valley on the
north coast of Peru had recently surfaced in London.
The reporter was lavish in his admiration for these exotic works and their
creators, "a highly civilised people who lived and flourished about 5000 bc,
when this England of ours was inhabited, if at all, by a race of skinclad savages."
Part of the collection was acquired by the British Museum that same month,
and shortly thereafter the Burlington Magazine also ran an article on it,
this one by Keeper Charles H. Read. He was less effusive in his assessment
of the material, noting that "the readers of the Burlington Magazine will
probably be somewhat surprised at a subject like the present being thought
worthy to come within the scope of an artistic publication."
The material in question was to ultimately be associated with the Moche
civilization of northern coastal Peru.
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Much of what we know about the Moche's ceremonial life comes from examination and interpretation
of their art. Until recently, scientists thought that the violent scenes portrayed in Moche art were
Moche folklore. In recent years, however, excavations have unearthed some of the real-life props
and characters that took part in the drama of human sacrifice. Above is an artistic depiction of
the Moche sacrifice ceremony. Here, prisoners of war have their throats cut and their blood
consumed by the lord of the Moche.
In other religious scenes, warfare is depicted as Moche versus Moche based on the kind of clothes
depicted in the scenes. This appears to be ritual warfare where honor could be won or lost.
Moche warriors fight each other dressed in elegant ceremonial costumes.
Warfare is always shown to be one on one. Winning is portrayed by the clothing of the defeated
person beginning to fall away. The point seems to be the capture and not the killing --
which is rarely found in their art. Moche prisoners are stripped and "roughed up"-making them bleed.
The nude prisoners are lead to a procession of pyramids where sacrificing is going on in the background.
After the sacrifice, the bodies were dismembered.
Did the priests/leaders gain some sort of power from drinking the blood?
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Verano's latest finds, however, undermine the notion that these scenes
were merely a part of ritual combat. Some of the recently unearthed skeletons,
the researchers say, show marks indicating that the bones were stripped of
flesh with even greater care than would have been characteristic of cannibalism.
One clue is that some of their wounds had time to heal before they died,
perhaps an indication that they were rounded up after battle and marched
back to the city where they were ultimately killed.
Other clues also hint that the victims hailed from diferent regions.
Variations in the shape of the victims' teeth also indicate that they were
from different population groups.
By analyzing the chemical composition of the victims' hair, Verano and his
colleagues determined that some of the dead had a diet rich in seafood,
indicating that they lived along the coast, while others appeared to have
lived at higher elevations.
The victims were buried individually or in small groups, not in true mass graves.
To Verano, this suggests that the victims represent "a few principal captives
from each episode" of conflict between the city and its enemies. |
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Grim Rites of the Moche Excavations at a pyramid site in northern Peru yield evidence of gruesome ritual sacrifice. [abstract]
Under the direction of Santiago Uceda of the University of Trujillo,
Steve Bourget of the University of Texas at Austin and his colleague
John Verano of Tulane University have discovered at the Pyramids at Moche
new evidence proving that the shocking scenes depicted in Moche art
are faithful representations of actual behavior, if not records of specific events.
Bourget and his team uncovered a sacrificial plaza with the remains
of at least 70 individuals--representing several sacrifice events-
-embedded in the mud of the plaza, accompanied by almost as many
ceramic statuettes of captives. It is the first archaeological evidence
of large-scale sacrifice found at a Moche site and just one of many
discoveries made in the last decade at the site.
In 1999, Verano began his own excavations of a plaza near that investigated by Bourget.
He found two layers of human remains, one dating to A.D. 150 to 250 and the other to A.D. 500.
In both deposits, as with Bourget's, the individuals were young men at the time of death.
They had multiple healed fractures to their ribs, shoulder blades, and arms suggesting
regular participation in combat.
They also had cut marks on their neck vertebrae indicating their throats had been slit.
The remains Verano found differed from those in the sacrificial plaza found by Bourget
in one important aspect: they appeared to have been deliberately defleshed, a ritual act
possibly conducted so the cleaned bones could be hung from the pyramid as trophies-
-a familiar theme depicted in Moche art.
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Were they murdered, sacrificed to appease an ancient god, or simply killed by natural causes? New research is helping to unravel the puzzle of Europe's elaborately preserved swamp bodies. | |
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 The Moche realm is now regularly divided in two separate zones although a
common cultural trajectory is assumed. The Moche political organization
may have been more complicated and involving more than one territorial state.
The purpose of this symposium is to look at old and new data related to the
Southern Moche and their southward expansion, considering it as a landmark
in the constitution of a State, which seat was located at the Huacas of Moche.
Assessing the Moche presence in the Viru, Chao, Santa, Nepeña and Casma
Valleys should provide new insights about this territorial expansion
and reveal organizational dynamics of the Southern Moche State.
The participants, their texts & pictures.
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For prisoners of the Moche, Huaca Cao Viejo's elaborate art
was likely among the last sights they saw.
Naked, bleeding, and bound with nooses, they were led into
the ceremonial plaza. Perhaps they heard the Pacific surf
rolling onto the beach in the distance; perhaps all they heard
was the pounding of their own hearts. Once inside they
witnessed one of history's most gruesome sacrificial rites.
A Moche priest adorned in gold slit their throats one by one.
Those in line who didn't turn away or faint saw a priestess
catch the blood in a golden goblet for the priest to drink. |
Scholars know about these ceremonies by studying Moche artwork, like
the frieze of naked prisoners discovered on Huaca Cao Viejo's plaza wall.
Bones of sacrifice victims—incorporated into the frieze and buried under
the plaza floor—show evidence of extreme torture before the grisly executions.
Still debated: Were the prisoners locals or foreigners captured in battle?...
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An ornately tattooed 1,600-year-old mummy unearthed in Peru could be a warrior queen of the violent Moche people.  The Moche didn't embalm their dead.
Most corpses decayed normally,
leaving bare bones as the only proof
of lives extinguished. In a very few
instances, though, nature and human
reverence worked together to preserve
the deceased as a mummy. This was
the fate of the tattooed woman whose
elaborately wrapped remains were
discovered last year at a ceremonial
site called El Brujo—the Wizard—
on the north coast of Peru.
A recent autopsy revealed that the
tattooed woman had borne at least
one child and died in her late 20s, but
no trace of what killed her was evident.
Her untimely demise must have shocked her people, who laid her to rest in full regalia at the peak
of a temple where bloody sacrifices were performed (National Geographic, July 2004).
Her body was daubed with cinnabar—a red mineral associated with the life force of blood—
wrapped in layers of cotton cloth, and entombed in thick courses of adobe.
Then the dry climate of the Moche's desert realm desiccated her body. No other Moche woman like her has ever been found.
"Based on our preliminary study, we think she was a ruler,"
says archaeologist Régulo Franco, whose work is supported by Peru's
National Institute of Culture and the Augusto N. Wiese Foundation.
If so, she may revolutionize ideas about the Moche, whose leaders
were believed—until now—to be men..
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Article by Tarmo Kulmar discussing the religion of the Moche, a pre-Columbian Peruvian civilisation, on the basis of archaeological findings.
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 Moche of Peru Ancient Peru: Media and Messages
October 21, 2005 - June 2007 The Moche offers a rare look at one of Peru's oldest civilizations
through its most central of art forms, ceramics. Over one hundred objects,
principally ceramics, from the Peabody Museum's permanent collections
will take center stage along with artifacts of stone, wood, metal, and
textiles and photographic panels of colorful murals and friezes.
Understood principally through their ceramics, the exhibit examines
the imagery used by this ancient people and how it conveys their
everyday experience and cosmological beliefs, as well as their
relationship to earlier cultures and legacy..
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Christopher Donnan's new book, the first wide-ranging, systematic study
of the Moche portraits. Drawing on more than 900 examples from museums
and private collections around the world—some 300 of which are illustrated
here in full color—Christopher Donnan documents how the portrait tradition
evolved, how the portraits were produced and distributed, who they portrayed,
why they were made, and how they were used in Moche society.
His analysis is supported by extensive archaeological evidence.
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dp/0292716222/sr=1-1/qid=1172711622/ref=sr_1_1/104-7510187-2771120?ie=UTF8&s=books  Amazon.com: Moche (The Peoples of America): Books: Garth Bawden A series of discoveries on the North coast of Peru revealed stunning artistic
and technological achievements and caused a dramatic revision of the
sophistication and power of Moche society. This is the first book to describe
this ancient civilization in the light of the new evidence. ...
the author examines the integral relationship between the Moche people and
their physical world, their economy, and everyday life at all levels of society.
He describes the symbols of religion and myth and shows how these were
vital participants in rituals, often involving human sacrifice, that served
to maintain balance with the unpredictable forces of nature while at the
same time reinforcing the power of the rulers. |
This large textile fragment was produced by the Moche people of Peru's north coast around A.D. 650-850. Scholars term textiles of this type "Moche-Wari" ...
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Moche Human Portrait Jar. Click on image to return to thumbnails page.
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Not all study of Moche civilization is limited to the ultra-violent manner ... One idea central to understanding the role of the Moche religion and the role ...
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A pioneering analysis of Moche visual iconography that sheds new light on this ancient
Peruvian society's beliefs about sex, death, and the afterlife.
The Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD
were perhaps the first ancient Andean society to attain state-level social complexity.
Although they had no written language, the Moche created the most elaborate system of
iconographic representation of any ancient Peruvian culture.
Amazingly realistic figures of humans, animals, and beings with supernatural attributes
adorn Moche pottery, metal and wooden objects, textiles, and murals.
These actors, which may have represented both living individuals and mythological beings,
appear in scenes depicting ritual warfare, human sacrifice, the partaking of human blood,
funerary rites, and explicit sexual activities.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Permanent Collection Moche Art and Archaeology in Ancient Peru A major theme of the book is how the visual arts and political representation are connected in Moche culture. The contributors pay special attention to the ...
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Peru Moche Pre-Inca Headdress Recovered in London. Treasure Found. Peru Moche Pre-Inca Headdress Recovered in London. Treasure Found.
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Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology Although roughly contemporary with the Nasca, the Moche culture (100 B.C.-700 A.D.) was located on the north coast. Max Uhle discovered its distinctive ...
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c. Moche. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History.
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Sacrificing: Moche Bodies -- Hill 8 (3): 285 -- Journal of ... The Moche of Peru (AD 100–800) practiced two forms of bodily transformation: human sacrifice and dismemberment.
The sacrificial process converted the body into a sacred object and imbued it with meaning.
The second transformation – dismemberment – partitioned the cathected body into ritually efficacious body parts
suitable for use as offerings to the supernatural.
In contrast to classic perspectives on sacrifice, which focus on the act of immolation, I expand this perspective
to include post-sacrifice transformations, including dismemberment, consumption, and distribution.
Key Words: body parts • Moche • Peru • sacrifice... Key Words: body parts • Moche • Peru • sacrifice ...
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warriors defeated in ritual battles or enemy soldiers captured in warfare with non-Moche or competing Moche polities.
Analysis of biodistances among eight Early Intermediate Period (200 BCAD 750) North Coast mortuary samples
indicates that the sacrificial victims from the Huaca de la Luna are the least similar to others and the most variable.
When iconographic analysis, mortuary treatment, and the available archaeological data are considered,
it appears that contrary to the prediction of the ritual-battle model the Huaca de la Luna sacrificial victims
were drawn not from the local Moche population but from a number of competing Moche polities.
This result has implications for the sociopolitical development of and relations among the Moche.
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 The Moche culture, which flourished on the north coast of Peru between 100 B.C. and A.D. 700,
produced one of the most remarkable art styles of Pre-Columbian America. Although the Moche people
had no writing system, they left a vivid artistic record of their activities and their environment.
Their art illustrates their clothing, architecture, implements, super-natural beings, and a
multitude of activities such as warfare, ceremony, and hunting.
Although Moche art gives the impression of having an almost infinite variety of subject matter,
analysis of a large sample of it has suggested that it is limited to the representation of a
small number of specific events, or activities, which are referred to as themes. (Donnan 2004)
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Review of Christopher Donnan's Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru.
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Moche Artifacts The Moche state dominated the entire northern coastal region of Peru from about 200 to ... The Logan Museum possesses some very high quality Moche pieces. ...
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JSTOR: Prehistoric Diet and Subsistence of the Moche Valley, Peru i64 Shelia G. Pozorski Figure ,x Map of the Moche Valley showing the ... TABLE I Moche Valley animal remains: per cent of meat diet Species Padre Alto ...
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Irrigation and the origins of the Southern Moche state on the north coast of Peru. (Articles).(Abstract) from Latin American Antiquity in Reference ...
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Most of this comes directly from Donnan 1978, Moche Art of Peru, highly recommended, ... Moche ceramics were clearly made by highly trained specialists ...
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There, at last, was clear documentation of the Moche - a Peruvian Nation that ... The Moche lived in the barren stretch of desert lands of northern Peru ...
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The presence of the Moche Culture in the Nepeña Valley of the north coast of ... The site of Pañamarca represents the center of Moche power in Nepeña (Fig. ...
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In this paper, I examine the role that irrigation played in the formation of the Southern Moche state in the Moche Valley, Peru. Specifically, I attempt to ...
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Similar pages THE MOCHE - VIRU CONNECTION Both important archaeological sites are situated on an ancient route from the Moche Valley (in which we find the famous Huaca del Sol and the Huaca de la ...
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 Moche Stirrup Spout Vessel with Portrait Head
Among the most recognizable of the Moche ceramics are the stirrup spout ... Moche stirrup spout vessel in the form of a portrait head, North Coastal Peru ...
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recently, the Moche culture, one of the important EIP cultures, ... Andes F2003: The Early Intermediate Period: What did the Moche rulers rule? p. 2 ...
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Contexto - La cultura moche- [ Translate this page ] En el momento de su máxima expansión la civilización mochica se distribuyó entre los valles de Lambayeque, Pacasmayo, Santa y Nepeña. |
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Moche Route - The new destiny in Peru The Moche Route is a tourist route between the Mochica archaeological monuments as Tucume, Bruning Museum and Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum in Chiclayo, ...
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Pre-Columbian Resources: Maya, Aztec, Moche, and Inca Moche Provides brief information about the Moche including art and the decline ... The Moche Provides links to sites, artifacts, textiles, burials and more ...
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Abstract In this essay I briefly review the history of Moche studies, the essential features of this archaeological culture of the North Coast of Peru (ca. 1900–1100 B.P.), and its general economy. I then present current issues, discussions, and debates on Moche regional political organization, religion, warfare, and their interrelations. I suggest that the interpretation of Moche art has been and the interpretation of archaeology has lacked nuance. I question the proposal of warfare as  ritual, that the temple mound complexes were centers of political power, that the elite buried in them were rulers, that the compounds and streets near them were cities, and whether proposals for a conquest Moche state are plausible. I suggest that these and other interpretations about the Moche are becoming accepted as facts without considering alternative interpretations of the data and that much information is lacking. Rather than having reached a stage when we can synthesize concepts about Moche culture we are only just beginning to understand it. Andes - Moche - politics - religion - warfare. PDF] Competitive Feasting, Religious Pluralism and Decentralized Power ... File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
...environmental perturbations inaugurated the Late Moche era, and these developments appear to have resulted in the collapse of the Middle Moche state ...
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Also, it is my original thesis that the first Ahu on Easter Island were constructed by the Moche during the latter half of the 6th century A.D. for ...
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Memoria de la remodelación: Museo Bruning ¿Que destino le vamos a dar al Museo Bruning? http://www.lamochiladebarrabas.com/periodico/documentos/edicion54/memoria_bruning.pdf Due to the sparseness of textile preservation in the region, the Moche are far better known ... Moche ceramics, unlike those of most other Andean cultures, ...
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It is a pleasure to introduce this electronic version of "The Burial Theme in Moche Iconography," by Christopher B. Donnan and Donna McClelland. ...
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One of the first, and probably the best reasons why the Moche are important is that before ... In fact, the Moche pre-dated the Inca by at least 1000 years. ...
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The Moche - Book Information It is doubly welcome because Garth Bawden, himself a Moche specialist, has done a masterful job of condensing and interpreting the great number of scholarly ...
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The first wide-ranging, systematic study of the Moche portraits, three-dimensional ceramic vessels formed in the likeness of people's heads.
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Moche Civilization Art and culture history of the ancient Moche culture of Peru.
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