essay
The priests of the Bicephalus Arc: tombs and effigies found in Huaca de la Luna and their relation to Moche rituals
art and archaeology of the moche : an ancient andean society of the peruvian north coast • Austin • Published In 2008 • Pages: 153-178
By: Uceda, Santiago.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author examines artifacts from the Huacas de Moche that resemble ceremonial objects seen in ceramic iconography, especially the coca ceremony. These include the lime container, the spatula, headdress ornaments, and the feline effigy worn by a principal participant. The coca ceremony may have been a prelude to, or concluded with, human sacrifices such as those found in Huaca de la Luna Plaza 3. Possible roles the sacrificial victims may have played in Moche society are considered. It is proposed that warriors were of lower status than the Moche elite, and victory in battle may have allowed them to rise in rank.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Paraphernalia
- Visual arts
- Status, role, and prestige
- Warfare
- Burial practices and funerals
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- 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
- 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1400 BP (AD 120-600)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Huaca de La Luna (Huacas de Moche), Moche district, Trujillo (Moche Valley), La Libertad, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Santiago Uceda
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-178)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2008027539
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Moche (Peru)--Antiquities