Steve Bourget: 2 books
Sacrifice, Violence, and Ideology Among the Moche
The Rise of Social Complexity in Ancient Peru
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In a special precinct dedicated to ritual sacrifice at Huaca de la Luna on the north coast of Peru, about seventy-five men were killed and dismembered, their remains and body parts then carefully rearranged and left on the ground with numerous offerings. The discovery of this large sacrificial site—one...
by Steve Bourget
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
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...