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Royal Tombs of Sipan

Christopher B. Donnan

4.9/5 ( ratings)

This fascinating and very accessible book describes the excavation of three royal tombs of the Moche, a civilization that flourished on the north coast of Peru between A.D. 100 and 800. The tombs, which contained extraordinary gold and silver jewelry and ceremonial attire, are the richest ever excavated archaeologically in the Western Hemisphere. The detailed accounts of the tombs and methods of excavation will be useful for scholars, but the authors have made the non-specialist reader their primary audience. A skillfully designed format and fold-out pages are helpful in relating tomb artifacts to text descriptions. Providing an exemplary view of an ancient culture, the Sipn tombs have had a profound impact on our understanding of Moche civilization.

Language: English

Pages: 229

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Regents of the University of California, Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Release: May 20, 1993

ISBN: 0930741293

ISBN 13: 9780930741297

Royal Tombs of Sipan

Christopher B. Donnan

4.9/5 ( ratings)

This fascinating and very accessible book describes the excavation of three royal tombs of the Moche, a civilization that flourished on the north coast of Peru between A.D. 100 and 800. The tombs, which contained extraordinary gold and silver jewelry and ceremonial attire, are the richest ever excavated archaeologically in the Western Hemisphere. The detailed accounts of the tombs and methods of excavation will be useful for scholars, but the authors have made the non-specialist reader their primary audience. A skillfully designed format and fold-out pages are helpful in relating tomb artifacts to text descriptions. Providing an exemplary view of an ancient culture, the Sipn tombs have had a profound impact on our understanding of Moche civilization.

Language: English

Pages: 229

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Regents of the University of California, Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Release: May 20, 1993

ISBN: 0930741293

ISBN 13: 9780930741297

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