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.

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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)

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Peru preColumbianCulture Moche culture
Chavín culture influenced Moche culture
Andean civilization hasPart Moche culture
Chimu culture followed Moche culture
Chimu culture precededBy Moche culture
Chimu culture influencedBy Moche culture
Andes cultural area includesCulture Moche culture
Early Intermediate Period hasArchaeologicalSite Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche (Huacas del Sol y de la Luna)
Andean mythology influencedByCulture Moche culture
El Brujo culture Moche culture
El Brujo period Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche period
El Brujo culture Moche culture
subject surface form: Lady of Cao
Lambayeque culture follows Moche culture
Lambayeque culture influencedBy Moche culture
Huaca del Sol civilization Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche civilization
Huaca del Sol builtBy Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche people
Moche Valley hasArchaeologicalCulture Moche culture
Moche Valley wasHeartlandOf Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche civilization
Huaca de la Luna culture Moche culture
Huaca de la Luna associatedWith Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche civilization
Huaca de la Luna builtBy Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche people
Huaca de la Luna hasArtStyle Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche iconography
Sipán culture Moche culture
Sipán partOf Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche archaeological tradition
Sipán civilization Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche civilization
Pampa Grande culture Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche civilization
Pampa Grande partOf Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche cultural sphere
Pampa Grande civilization Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche
San José de Moro associatedCulture Moche culture
Mochica language associatedWith Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche civilization
Mochica language associatedWith Moche culture
this entity surface form: Mochica culture
Mochica language usedBy Moche culture
this entity surface form: Moche people
Mochica language usedBy Moche culture
this entity surface form: Mochica people
Moche River namedAfter Moche culture
Chiclayo associatedCulture Moche culture
Vicús culture followedBy Moche culture
Vicús culture influenced Moche culture