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.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moche culture canonical | 27 |
| Moche civilization | 6 |
| Moche people | 3 |
| Moche | 1 |
| Moche (Huacas del Sol y de la Luna) | 1 |
| Moche archaeological tradition | 1 |
| Moche cultural sphere | 1 |
| Moche iconography | 1 |
| Moche period | 1 |
| Mochica culture | 1 |
| Mochica people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T100707 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Moche culture Context triple: [Peru, preColumbianCulture, Moche culture]
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Inca Empire
The Inca Empire was a powerful pre-Columbian civilization in western South America, renowned for its vast Andean road system, advanced engineering, and administrative sophistication centered on its capital at Cusco.
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Nazca Lines
The Nazca Lines are a series of enormous ancient geoglyphs etched into the desert plains of southern Peru, depicting animals, plants, and geometric shapes whose purpose remains a subject of debate.
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Chemehuevi people
The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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Serrano people
The Serrano people are an Indigenous group of Southern California whose traditional homeland spans the San Bernardino Mountains and surrounding desert regions, where they have long maintained distinct cultural, linguistic, and spiritual traditions.
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Aymara
Aymara is an indigenous language spoken primarily by the Aymara people of the central Andes in countries such as Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Moche culture Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Inca Empire
The Inca Empire was a powerful pre-Columbian civilization in western South America, renowned for its vast Andean road system, advanced engineering, and administrative sophistication centered on its capital at Cusco.
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B.
Nazca Lines
The Nazca Lines are a series of enormous ancient geoglyphs etched into the desert plains of southern Peru, depicting animals, plants, and geometric shapes whose purpose remains a subject of debate.
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C.
Chemehuevi people
The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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D.
Serrano people
The Serrano people are an Indigenous group of Southern California whose traditional homeland spans the San Bernardino Mountains and surrounding desert regions, where they have long maintained distinct cultural, linguistic, and spiritual traditions.
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E.
Aymara
Aymara is an indigenous language spoken primarily by the Aymara people of the central Andes in countries such as Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andean culture
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archaeological culture ⓘ pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ |
| artMedium |
fine-line painted ceramics
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mold-made ceramic vessels ⓘ stirrup-spout vessels ⓘ |
| artStyle | naturalistic representation of humans and animals ⓘ |
| burialPractice | elite tombs with rich grave goods ⓘ |
| capital |
Moche Valley
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surface form:
Moche (near modern Trujillo, Peru)
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| declineFactors |
climatic events such as El Niño
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social conflict ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn | irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 800 CE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Early Intermediate Period ⓘ |
| hadPoliticalStructure | complex chiefdoms or small states ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
ritual combat scenes
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sexual imagery ⓘ supernatural beings ⓘ warrior-priests ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chimu culture
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surface form:
Chimú culture
later Lambayeque (Sicán) culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Cupisnique culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
depictions of warfare and ritual in art
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highly detailed ceramics ⓘ metalworking in gold and silver ⓘ monumental adobe pyramids ⓘ realistic portrait vessels ⓘ sophisticated irrigation systems ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South America
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northern coast of Peru ⓘ |
| mainCrop |
beans
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cotton ⓘ maize ⓘ peanuts ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| majorSite |
El Brujo
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Huaca de la Luna ⓘ Huaca del Sol ⓘ Pampa Grande ⓘ San José de Moro ⓘ Sipán ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery |
Sipán
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surface form:
Royal Tombs of Sipán
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| partOf |
Andean civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Andean civilizations
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| practiced | fishing and marine resource exploitation ⓘ |
| religion |
polytheistic religion
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ritual sacrifice practices ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 100 CE ⓘ |
| usedBuildingMaterial | adobe brick ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Proto-Mochica (hypothesized) ⓘ |
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Subject: Moche culture Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (44)
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