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.
- ISBN10 0930741323
- ISBN13 9780930741327
- Publish Date 1 December 2000 (first published 1 January 1993)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 230
- Language Spanish