Before the Incas - Quai Branly

Before the Incas - Quai Branly

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Ancient Artistry & Treasured Antiques
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References:
Bourget S., 2016. Sacrifice, Violence, and Ideology Among the Moche: The Rise of Social complexity in ancient Peru. Austin : University of Texas press.

Cordy-Collins A., 1992. Archaism or Tradition?: The Decapitation Theme in Cupisnique and Moche Iconography. Latin American Antiquity 3 (3), pp. 206-220

Donnan C. B., 2004. Moche portraits from ancient Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press.

Jones K. L., 2010. Cupisnique Culture: The Development of ideology in the ancient Andes. Austin : University of Texas Press. Ph.D dissertation.

Lynch J., 1984. 44 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas: Volumen Commemorativo. Manchester Latin American Study. Manchester University Press.

Matthias Urban & Rita Eloranta, 2017. Ñaimlap, the Birds, and the Sea: Viewing an Ancient Peruvian Legend through the Lens of Onomastics. Names: A Journal of Onomastics 65, p. 154-166.

Meneses A. & Ignacio N., 2008. Spiders and spider decapitators in Moche iconography: identification from the contexts of Sipan, antecedents and symbolism. In: Bourget S. & Jones K. L. (Eds.) The art and archaeology of the Moche : an ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast. University of Texas Press, 2008.247-261

Stahl P. W., 2008. Animal Domestication in South America. In : Silverman H. & Isbell W. (Eds). The Handbook of South American Archaeology, Springer-Verlag, New York. pp 121-130.


Illustrations
Camelid, gold, Inca civilization (AD 1400-1531) ©British Museum.

Spider Decapitators, drawing of carved stone vase, Limoncarro, ©Cordy- Collins Archive, University of San Diego (5.15, p. 394, Jones 2010)

Individual with throat slit, from Cayaltí, Classic Cupisnique stirrup spout bottle, Museo de la Nación, Lima, Peru. ©Cordy-Collins Archive, University of San Diego (5.61 et 5.64, p. 418, Jones 2010)

Films extraits de “Le Pérou avant les Incas | Exposition au musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac”, Bande annonce de l'exposition, du mardi 14 novembre 2017 au dimanche 1er avril 2018

View of the Chornancap priestess's tomb during excavations ©Andina/Silvia Depaz