The Moche civilization (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmotʃe]; alternatively, the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru...

infant sacrifice in mythology and art depictions of the mythology. The Moche of northern Peru practiced mass sacrifices of men and boys. Archeologists...

several Pre-Columbian cultures of South America beginning in the early 2nd millennium BCE. These cultures included the Chavin and the Moche. In these vessels...

evidence of child sacrifice at several pre-Columbian cultures in South America. In an early example, the Moche of Northern Peru sacrificed teenagers en masse...

Moche can refer to: Moche culture Moche, Trujillo, a city in Peru The Countryside of Moche The Moche River The Valley of Moche Moche District, one of 11...

irrigation systems. Moche history may be broadly divided into three periods – the emergence of the Moche culture in Early Moche (CE 100–300), its expansion...

was the political grouping of the Chimú culture. The culture arose about 900 CE, succeeding the Moche culture, and was later conquered by the Inca emperor...

scholar, Izumi Shimada, calls Cupisnique a possible ancestor of Mochica (Moche) culture with no mention of Chavin. Yet another scholar, Anna C. Roosevelt, refers...

Moon". The Sican culture is also referred to as Lambayeque culture, after the name of the region in Peru. It succeeded the Moche culture. There is still...

of the Moche River, near its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, in the Moche Valley. This was a site of the great prehistoric Moche and Chimu cultures before...

the mountains, is a mythical character identified in Moche iconography, and possibly the main Moche deity. According to some archaeologists, it may have...

The Recuay culture was a pre-Columbian culture of highland Peru that flourished from 200 BCE to 600 CE and was related to the Moche culture of the north...

Moche culture of Peru. These portrait vessels are among the few realistic portrayals of humans found in the Precolumbian Americas. The Moche culture thrived...

ancient civilizations of Peru, the most famous of these being the Moche and Chimu cultures. In pre-Columbian times, different ethnic groups existed in Ancient...

with six cucurbitacin glycosides. as well as 28-30 amino acids. The Moche culture often depicted this species in their ceramics. Remains of this species...

pepper of choice of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. The Moche culture often represented fruits and vegetables in their art, including ají...

they had great social significance to the people there. Moreover, in Moche culture, potatoes did not have much religious or cultural significance compared...

been an essential crop in the Andes since the pre-Columbian era. The Moche culture from Northern Peru made ceramics from the earth, water, and fire. This...

pre-Columbian civilizations. The Huari (Wari), along with the Nazca, the Moche and others, were among the major creators of figurines who passed down through...

figures, the anthropomorphic mythical being. Much as in the contemporary Moche culture based in northwest Peru. Shamans apparently used hallucinogenic drugs...

Wari became dominant in much of the territory of the earlier Moche and later Chimu cultures. The reason for this expansion has been debated; it is believed...

extending from roughly 100 to 650. This pre-Incan culture, which overlaps with surrounding Paracas, Moche, and Nasca civilizations, was located in the desert...

manufacture of the ancient caballitos de totora used since the time of the Moche culture for fishing. Huanchaco fishermen still use materials from these swamps...

ceramics at burial sites of the indigenous people of coastal Peru. The Moche people had a fascination with agriculture and often chose to represent fruits...

also once part of the Moche culture, which dominated Northern Peru 100 to 700 AD. The Lord of Sipán was the ruler of the Moche and the Sipán mummies are...

The Moche Route is a tourist destination that begins in the Peruvian city of Trujillo in what once was the seat of power of the Moche culture known as...

Lambayeque. Huacas like Huaca Rajada were built by the Moche and other South American cultures as monuments. The Huaca Rajada monument consists of two...

interpretation, men with beards were frequently depicted by the Peruvian Moche culture in its famous pottery, long before the arrival of the Spanish. Modern...

on the site belong to the Moche culture. In this area, there are also the remains of the later Lambayeque and Chimú cultures. The development of the Brujo...

also known from Moche culture, including detailed representations on painted pottery, and in representations on textiles of the Wari culture. The Andean estólica...