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Royal tombs of SipánBook 1993 • Alva, Walter & Donnan, Christopher B.
Moche • South America > Central Andes
Following a concise overview of Moche material culture, this work is a graphics-rich catalog of excavations and artifacts recovered from three early, elite tombs at the Lambayeque Valley site of Sipán, starting with an account of the discovery by loo...The Moche peopleessay 2008 • Shimada, Izumi et al.
Moche • South America > Central Andes
The authors present preliminary results of a long-term project to analyze mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Moche burials and sacrifice victims, with a goal of elucidating the genetic and socio-political relationships between elites of different valleys...