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The Moche of Ancient Peru

Media and Messages

Jeffrey Quilter

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$25.00 • £20.95 • €22.50

ISBN 9780873654067

Publication Date: 02/28/2011

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172 pages

70 color illustrations; 15 halftones

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“A new volume in the award-winning Peabody Museum Collections Series presents a refreshing analysis of Moche works from the magnificent collection at Harvard’s Peabody Museum. In the richly illustrated [book] archaeologist Jeffrey Quilter gives readers a thorough introduction to this fascinating culture and explores current thinking about Moche politics, history, society, religion, and art.”—artdaily.org

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