Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface viii
4. Introduction ix
5. 1. Iconography Meets Archaeology 1
6. 2. Sacrifices and Ceremonial Calendars in Societies of the Central Andes: A Reconsideration 23
7. 3. Ulluchu: An Elusive Fruit 43
8. 4. Moche Masking Traditions 67
9. 5. Convergent Catastrophe and the Demise of Dos Cabezas: Environmental Change and Regime Change in Ancient Peru 81
10. 6. Forensic Iconography: The Case of the Moche Giants 93
11. 7. Moche Forms for Shaping Sheet Metal 113
12. 8. Moche Art Style in the Santa Valley: Between being “à la Mode” and Developing a Provincial Identity 129
13. 9. The Priests of the Bicephalus Arc: Tombs and Effigies Found in Huaca de la Luna and Their Relation to Moche Rituals 153
14. 10. The Moche People: Genetic Perspective on Their Sociopolitical Composition and Organization 179
15. 11. Communality and Diversity in Moche Human Sacrifice 195
16. 12. Art and Moche Martial Arts 215
17. 13. Moche Textile Production on the Peruvian North Coast: A Contextual Analysis 229
18. 14. Spiders and Spider Decapitators in Moche Iconography: Identification from the Contexts of Sipán, Antecedents and Symbolism 247
19. 15. The Third Man: Identity and Rulership in Moche Archaeology and Visual Culture 263
20. Index 289