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Provides a full description of 103 burials, representing various cultures that flourished in the Moche Valley prior to European contact. And spanning a period of more than 3,500 years

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Setting
• 3. Preceramic Period
• 4. Initial Period
• 5. Cupisnique (Chavín)
• 6. Salinar
• 7. Gallinazo
• 8. Moche
  • Phase I
  • Phase II
  • Phase III
  • Phase IV
  • Phase V
• 9. Huari
• 10. Chimu
  • Early Chimu
  • Middle Chimu
  • Late Chimu
  • Chimu Inca
• 11. Colonial Period
• 12. Conclusions
• Appendix
  • 1. Textiles from a Pyramid of the Sun Burial
  • 2. Child and Llama Burials from Huanchaco
• Bibliography

About the Author

Christopher B. Donnan is Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. Considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the Moche, he is the author of many books, including Moche Fineline Painting: Its Evolution and Its Artists, Royal Tombs of Sipán, Ceramics of Ancient Perú, and Moche Art of Peru: Pre-Columbian Symbolic Communication.

Carol J. Mackey is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at California State University, Northridge. From 1969 to 1975 she was codirector, with Michael Moseley, of the Chan Chan–Moche Valley Project in Peru.