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The maritime foundations of Andean civilizationBook 1975 • Moseley, Michael Edward
Coastal Andean Archaic • South America > Central Andes
When Moseley developed his thesis, most archaeologists didn't believe a civilization could arise without intensive agriculture, or that monumental architecture could have been built by people subsisting principally on marine resources and lacking cer...The preceramic foundations of civilizationbook chapter 1992 • Moseley, Michael Edward
Coastal Andean Archaic • South America > Central Andes
Moseley discusses the preceramic traditions of Ecuador, Peru and Chile (mostly Peru), and the differences between their coastal and highland Andean traditions. Topics include diet, agriculture, the expansion of fishing accompanied by population growt...The Initial Period and Early Horizonbook chapter 1992 • Moseley, Michael Edward
Coastal Andean Early Formative • South America > Central Andes
Moseley gives a brief overview of the sites and artifacts of the Initial period and the Early Horizon of the Central Andes, mostly Peru. Subjects include irrigation agriculture and how it reflects collective organization of labor, monumental architec...The exploration and explanation of early monumental architecture in the Andesessay 1985 • Moseley, Michael Edward
Coastal Andean Early Formative • South America > Central Andes
This is an introduction to other documents in the volume included in this collection. In addition, Moseley explores the history of theories employed to explain the rise of monumental architecture in the Central Andes. Early theories were derived from...The Initial Period and Early Horizonbook chapter 1992 • Moseley, Michael Edward
Highland Andean Formative • South America > Central Andes
Moseley gives a brief overview of the artifacts and sites of the Initial Period and the Early Horizon, mostly in Peru. He particularly discusses irrigation agriculture, monumental architecture such as U-shaped temples, and the influence several highl...Colonies and conquestessay 1991 • Moseley, Michael Edward
Huari • South America > Central Andes
Moseley, Feldman, Goldstein, and Watanabe are part of on-going investigations in the Rio Osmore (or Rio Moquegua) drainage. This paper describes the Tiahuanaco and the Huari occupations in the valley and explores the relationship between these two cu...Introductionessay 2010 • Moseley, Michael Edward
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
A speculative model is presented for economic and political development on the north coast of Peru from the Archaic period to the Inka occupation, focusing on the late Early Formative period through the Chimu Tradition (only data on Chimu are topic i...Structure and history in the dynastic love of Chimoressay 1990 • Moseley, Michael Edward
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
This is an introduction and overview of the papers in the edited volume, [i]The Northern Dynasties: Kingship and Statecraft in Chimor[/i]. The papers were presented by both archaeologists and ethnohistorians at a 1985 symposium that examined the evid...The land in front of Chan Chanessay 2010 • Moseley, Michael Edward & Deeds, Eric E.
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
The large canals that were constructed around Chan Chan in the Moche Valley starting in the Initial Period (around 3400 BP) are taken as evidence of political power. At its height, Chan Chan controlled over sixty-six percent of irrigated coastal land...Referencesessay 2010 • Moseley, Michael Edward & Day, Kent C.
Chimu • South America > Central Andes
This document contains the bibliographical references for documents from the volume [i]Chan Chan: Andean Desert City[/i], edited by Michael E. Moseley and Kent C. Day (2010), including: Bawden (2010), Conrad (2010), Day (2010, "Ciudadelas"), Day (201...Convergent catastrophe and the demise of Dos Cabezasessay 2008 • Moseley, Michael Edward et al.
Moche • South America > Central Andes
The authors examine damage done to the site of Dos Cabezas in the Jequetepeque Valley from a mega El Niño event during the seventh century AD and how inhabitants coped with a prolonged catastrophe spanning generations. After one severe event, the pri...The patterns of art and power in the Early Intermediate Periodessay 1988 • Conklin, William J. & Moseley, Michael Edward
Andean Regional Development • South America > Central Andes
This is a good, brief overview of Central Andean cultural sequences, major sites, and styles of the Early Intermediate Period. The authors examine the northern, central, and southern coastal areas, and the central and southern sierra of Peru. Some of...