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The third man: identity and rulership in Moche archaeology and visual culture
art and archaeology of the moche : an ancient andean society of the peruvian north coast • Austin • Published In 2008 • Pages: 263-288
By: Bourget, Steve.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author explores the ritual and social identity of the "Old Lord of Sipán" from Tomb 3 at the Lambayeque Valley site. The ritual paraphernalia buried with the approximately fifty year old male are described, and compared to representations of remarkably similar items in Moche art. It is concluded that the interred individual was the one identified in the iconography as Individual D of the Sacrifice Ceremony, who is associated with a round, gold rattle-chisel. Additional items from the tomb point to an association with maritime subjects, spiders and, perhaps, El Niño events. Evidence from other tombs that high-ranking individuals inherited their roles is discussed, along with Moche state formation and the legitimatization of power.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Special garments
- Paraphernalia
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Chief executive
- Burial practices and funerals
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Priesthood
- Organized ceremonial
- Ethnometeorology
- Ethnogeography
- Ethnozoology
- 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
- Steve Bourget
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2008027539
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Moche (Peru)--Antiquities