New perspectives on Moche political organization
By: Jeffrey Quilter and Luis Jaime Castillo B., editors.
Contributors: Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-; Castillo B., Luis Jaime.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Trustees for Harvard University; Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection; Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780884023623
Subjects: Mochica Indians -- Politics and government; Mochica Indians -- Social conditions; Mochica Indians -- Religion; Mochica Indians -- Antiquities; Social archaeology -- Peru; Power (Social sciences) -- Peru -- History -- To 1500; Religion and politics -- Peru -- History -- To 1500; Peru -- Politics and government -- To 1548; Peru -- Social conditions; Peru -- Antiquities
Description: 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 Sipan 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 view the Moche as a monolithic state, others see a clear distinction between a northern and southern Moche polity, and yet others argue that the most accurate model is one in which each valley contained an independent polity. In a presentation of new data and new perspectives, the authors debate these competing theories. Based on a set of papers presented by sixteen international scholars at the Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies symposium held in Lima, Peru, in 2004, this volume marks an important point in the development of Moche archaeology and will be a landmark work in Pre-Columbian studies. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Joanne Pillsbury; title: Many Moche models : an overview of past and current theories and research on Moche political organization / Luis Jaime Castillo B. and Jeffrey Quilter; title: Maya political structure as a possible model for the Moche / Elizabeth P. Benson; title: Moche state religion : a unifying force in Moche political organization / Christopher B. Donnan; title: Moche sociopolitical organization : rethinking the data, approaches, and models / Izumi Shimada; title: Moche politics in the Jequetepeque Valley : a case for political opportunism / Luis Jaime Castillo B.; title: Moche power and ideology at the El Brujo complex and in the Chicama Valley / Régulo Franco Jordán, César Gálvez Mora, and Segundo Vásquez Sánchez; title: Theocracy and secularism : relationships between the temple and urban nucleus and political change at the Huacas de Moche / Santiago Uceda Castillo; title: City planning and architecture in the analysis of Moche social formation / José Canziani Amico; title: How Moche rulers came to power : investigating the emergence of the Moche political economy / Brian R. Billman; title: Cultural assignations during the early intermediate period : the case of Huancaco, Virú Valley / Steve Bourget; title: Moche political expansionism as viewed from Virú : recent archaeological work in the close periphery of a hegemonic city-state system / Jean-François Millaire; title: Moche political organization in the Santa Valley : a case of direct rule through gradual control of the local population / Claude Chapdelaine; title: Religion, ethnic identity, and power in the Moche world : a view from the frontiers / Krzysztof Makowski; title: An outsider's reflections on Moche political organization / William L. Fash.