Object of contention: A revaluation of Recuay-Moche combat imagery

Lau, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0089-3625 (2004) Object of contention: A revaluation of Recuay-Moche combat imagery. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 14 (3). pp. 163-184. ISSN 1474-0540

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Abstract

This study examines a painted combat scene on a ceramic vessel of the Moche culture (AD 100–800) of the north coast of Peru. The scene portrays a series of distinctly Moche warriors fighting adversaries who feature characteristics (weaponry, ornaments and dress) that are unconventional for Moche visual culture. Correspondences in Recuay pottery and stone sculpture instead support the argument that the enemies were groups from the neighbouring inland valleys and highlands of the Pacific Andean flanks. The analysis of the imagery and its implications illuminate how societies without writing sometimes perceived and configured interaction with other groups — namely, through representations of warfare.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art History and World Art Studies (former - to 2014)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Centres > Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Art History and World Art Studies
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:56
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2023 09:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9319
DOI:	10.1017/S0959774304000113

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