The Worlds of the Moche on the North Coast of Peru

by Elizabeth P. Benson

The Moche, or Mochica, created an extraordinary civilization on the north coast of Peru for most of the first millennium AD. Although they had no written language with which to record their history and beliefs, the Moche built enormous ceremonial edifices and embellished them with mural paintings depicting supernatural figures and rituals. Highly skilled Moche artisans crafted remarkable ceramic vessels, which they painted with figures and scenes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292737599
• ISBN13: 9780292737594
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.2"