New Perspectives on Moche Political Organization

by Jeffrey Quilter

This volume brings together essays on the nature of political organization of the Moche, a complex pre-Inca society that existed on the north coast of Peru from c. 100 to 800 CE. Since the discovery of the royal tombs of Sip n in 1987, the Moche have become one of the best-known pre-Hispanic cultures of the Americas and the focus of a number of archaeological projects. But the nature of Moche political organization is still debated. Some scholars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884023621
• ISBN13: 9780884023623
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.2"