Compton's Atlas of the Ancient World/Compton's Atlas of the Ancient World.iso/pc/media/sa/mo/iw/samoiw10.cap

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1    0    The Moche, like other Andean states, produced superb pottery, textiles and objects of gold, silver and copper.
2    0    A Moche couple making corn beer.
2    1    A loaded llama.
3    0    A gold sheet ornament from Loma Negra, depicting a deity holding a severed head and a tumi (sacrificial knife).
4    0    A reconstruction of the Huaca Forteleza's impressive platforms and walls.
5    0    A large rectangular enclosure with a small pyramid on the flatlands at Galindo.  Other structures lie on hillside terraces.
6    0    Spondylus shells, often placed in elite graves, were symbols of power and prestige, and were also seen as food for the gods.
7    0    A Moche pot showing a textile workshop.  Women are weaving on backstrap looms; an overseer is issuing rations.
8    0    A gold rattle bead from Sipan, in the shape of a spider with a human face on its back.
9    0    A Moche spouted jar in the shape of a fishing vessel.
9    1    A Moche spouted jar in the shape of two potatoes.
10    0    A pot in the shape of a Moche deity.  This fanged god is similar to the principal deity of the earlier Chavin culture.