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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

textiles, and metal artifacts. A significant site associated with the Moche culture is called Sipán. The site is most famous for the burial of the Lord...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

San Jose de Moro is a Moche archaeological site in the Pacanga District, Chepén Province, La Libertad Region, of Northwestern Peru. The site served as...

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

anal intercourse in a pre-modern culture can be found in the erotic vases, or stirrup-spout pots, made by the Moche people of Peru; in a survey, of a...

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...

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

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

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...

Toribio de Cumbe (in Class 31 of the International Classification). The Moche culture of Peru had a fascination with agriculture and represented fruits and...

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...

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