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- Title
Object of Contention: an Examination of Recuay-Moche Combat Imagery.
- Authors
George F. Lau
- Abstract
This study examines a painted combat scene on a ceramic vessel of the Moche culture (ad 100–800) of the north coast of Peru. The scene portrays a series of distinctly Moche warriors fighting adversaries who feature characteristics (weaponry, ornaments and dress) that are unconventional for Moche visual culture. Correspondences in Recuay pottery and stone sculpture instead support the argument that the enemies were groups from the neighbouring inland valleys and highlands of the Pacific Andean flanks. The analysis of the imagery and its implications illuminate how societies without writing sometimes perceived and configured interaction with other groups — namely, through representations of warfare.
- Subjects
PERU; CERAMICS; POTTERY; STONE carving; COMBAT
- Publication
Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2004, Vol 14, Issue 2, p163
- ISSN
0959-7743
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0959774304000113