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Art and Moche martial arts
art and archaeology of the moche : an ancient andean society of the peruvian north coast • Austin • Published In 2008 • Pages: 215-228
By: Quilter, Jeffrey.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Based on the rich body of iconography, it is clear that warfare played a central role in Moche culture, but artistic depictions alone few clues to the social conditions for militarism. This document provides an exploration of military clothing, armaments, combat, tactics (with the presence of distance weapons showing depictions of hand-to-hand combat were not the only means), and military organization (clear evidence of military ranks is lacking, though they probably existed). It is concluded warfare was not just ritual, but was undertaken for political ends.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Special garments
- Weapons
- Visual arts
- Military organization
- Ordnance
- Uniform and accouterment
- Tactics
- Warfare
- 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
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000-1200 BP (AD 1-800)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Piura, Lambayeque, La Libertad and Ancash regions (north coast), Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jeffrey Quilter
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2008027539
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Moche (Peru)--Antiquities