Moche culture
E11000
The Moche culture was an influential pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, renowned for its sophisticated irrigation systems, monumental adobe pyramids, and highly detailed ceramics depicting daily life, warfare, and ritual.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moche (Huacas del Sol y de la Luna) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andean culture
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ |
| artMedium |
fine-line painted ceramics
ⓘ
mold-made ceramic vessels ⓘ stirrup-spout vessels ⓘ |
| artStyle | naturalistic representation of humans and animals ⓘ |
| burialPractice | elite tombs with rich grave goods ⓘ |
| capital |
Moche Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Moche (near modern Trujillo, Peru)
|
| declineFactors |
climatic events such as El Niño
ⓘ
social conflict ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn | irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 800 CE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Early Intermediate Period ⓘ |
| hadPoliticalStructure | complex chiefdoms or small states ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
ritual combat scenes
ⓘ
sexual imagery ⓘ supernatural beings ⓘ warrior-priests ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chimu culture
ⓘ
surface form:
Chimú culture
later Lambayeque (Sicán) culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Cupisnique culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
depictions of warfare and ritual in art
ⓘ
highly detailed ceramics ⓘ metalworking in gold and silver ⓘ monumental adobe pyramids ⓘ realistic portrait vessels ⓘ sophisticated irrigation systems ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South America
ⓘ
northern coast of Peru ⓘ |
| mainCrop |
beans
ⓘ
cotton ⓘ maize ⓘ peanuts ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| majorSite |
El Brujo
ⓘ
Huaca de la Luna ⓘ Huaca del Sol ⓘ Pampa Grande ⓘ San José de Moro ⓘ Sipán ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery |
Sipán
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Tombs of Sipán
|
| partOf |
Andean civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Andean civilizations
|
| practiced | fishing and marine resource exploitation ⓘ |
| religion |
polytheistic religion
ⓘ
ritual sacrifice practices ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 100 CE ⓘ |
| usedBuildingMaterial | adobe brick ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Proto-Mochica (hypothesized) ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Moche (Huacas del Sol y de la Luna)