This text describes the excavation of three royal tombs of the Moche, a civilisation that flourished on the north coast of Peru between AD 100 and 800. The tombs, which contained extraordinary gold and silver jewellery and ceremonial attire, are the richest ever excavated in the Western Hemisphere. The accounts of the tombs and methods of excavation detailed should be useful for scholars, but the authors have made the non-specialist reader their primary audience. The format of the book and its fold-out pages are helpful in relating tomb artefacts to text descriptions. Providing an exemplary view of an ancient culture, the Sipan tombs have had a profound impact on our understanding of Moche civilization.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Fowler Museum of Cultural Hi-Story,U.S.
ISBN-13
9780930741303
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13046583582
Product Key Features
Author
Christopher B. Donnan, Walter Alva
Publication Name
Royal Tombs of Sipan
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Archaeology
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
228 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
214mm
Item Width
280mm
Item Weight
1040g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Walter Alva, Christopher B. Donnan
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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