ANTH 0538 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Secondary Burial, El Brujo, Huaca
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Moche discovered in sican in 1987: ad 200-600, dug into pyramid uncovering the richest tomb found in the new. World: tomb for lords and priests in sipan. Buried with servants, human sacrifices, grave goods, etc. Body of lord in a number of shrouds and coffins, each covered in adornments. Buried with a number of adornments, particularly symbolic jewelry: earrings/ear spools indicating warrior status, effigies and statues, symbols of power (ex. Royal scepter: depictions of fanged spider called. Gave new perspective on state-level society with strong social classes: art. Considered the pinnacle of prehistoric new world art. Clay busts, depictions of every day life. Scenes done in line-line drawing on the sides of pots. Depictions of animals: capital site at moche. 80 hectares temple of the sun and temple of the moon looted by spanish explorers. Three connected terraces built into a hill. Sipan, panamacca, san jose de moro, cao viejo: moche deathways. 1) body always stretched out on its back.
