essay
Forensic iconography: the case of the Moche giants
art and archaeology of the moche : an ancient andean society of the peruvian north coast • Austin • Published In 2008 • Pages: 93-111
By: Cordy-Collins, Alana, Merbs, Charles F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Five burials of exceptionally large males were uncovered in a platform at Dos Cabezas in the Jequetepeque Valley. In a preliminary skeletal analysis, the authors take a forensic approach to reconstruct the stature, health, lifestyle or occupation, and age at death of these individuals. They find traces in the bones of a kneeling posture frequently shown on modeled ceramic figurines of warriors.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Descriptive somatology
- Personality traits
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Postures
- Classes
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Moche
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Physical Anthropologist
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2013
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-2000
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1610-1355 BP (AD 390-645)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dos Cabezas, Jequetepeque district, Pacasmayo (Jequetepeque Valley), La Libertad, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alana Cordy-Collins, Charles F. Merbs
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-111)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2008027539
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Moche (Peru)--Antiquities