Index
Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations.
Access databases, 50
agency, individual, 71
agriculturalists, 251; residential mobility, 104–5, 109–10
alcoholic beverages, production and consumption of, 72, 219, 224, 225–26, 227, 228
analysis of variance (ANOVA), El Purgatorio Sector B South, 210, 212, 214(tables)
ancestors, mountains as, 172
Andes, 14, 16, 35, 105; political organization in, 38–39
animals, sacrifices of, 168
animism, female, 142
Annals School, 43
ANOVA. See analysis of variance
archaeology: best practices in, 43–44; data recovery in, 46–48; documentation in, 44–46; formation processes, 48–49; multidisciplinary analyses, 49–51
architectural models: in burials, 167–68, 177–78; symbolism of, 175–76, 300
architectural space, as living entity, 171–72
architecture, 5, 45, 166, 260, 288; at Caylán, 74–75, 81–87, 88; copper models of, 167–68; at El Purgatorio, 209–12; at Huaca Colorada, 179–89; on huacas, 168–70, 174–75; as living entities, 171–72; Moche domestic, 239–40; renovation and renewal of, 19, 172–73, 178; at Ventanillas, 244–46
artifacts, ritual, 140. See also by type
autonomy, 15, 16, 20, 110; economic and political, 297–98; rural settlements, 104–5, 107
Ayabaca, curanderas in, 143–44
batanes, 292, 300; at Caylán, 75, 76, 77, 80–81; at El Purgatorio, 219–20, 222, 223, 226
Batán Grande, 239
Bawden, Garth, 35, 52(n1), 106
beads: stone, 269, 273, 275, 277, 278, 279
Bermann, Marc P., 238
bins, post-emplacement, 186–87, 188
biodistance analysis, Late Moche Period, 266
biological reproduction, 70
Bird Priest, 147
birth, rituals, 156–57
bloodletting, Moche ritual, 148
Bourdieu, Pierre, 238, 289; on capital, 37, 40–41
Bourgeois, Louise, 260
Building A (Talambo), 271, 272
Building B (Talambo), 272–73, 276–77
building programs, ritualized, 179–89
burials, 241, 243; with architectural models, 167, 168, 176–77; Moche, 151–52; Moche figurines in, 148, 149, 154; sacrificial, 186, 187, 188; San José de Moro, 110, 267
Burial Theme, Moche, 172
Cabur, 243
Cajamarca, 20, 281(n5), 292; fineware ceramics, 241, 277, 280; migrants from, 266–67
Cajamarca Floral Cursive wares, 267
Camaná, 13
camelids, 72
canal systems, 41, 240, 241, 266; Jequetepeque Valley, 264, 270, 280; Late Moche Period, 263, 267; Talambo, 268, 278
Cañoncillo, Cerro, and Huaca Colorada, 179, 183
Canuto, Marcello, 208
Casma Polity, 19, 89, 200, 202, 239; El Purgatorio and, 199, 201, 209
Casma Valley, 203, 204, 205, 225. See also El Purgatorio
Castillo Butters, Luis Jaime, 264, 266
Caylán, 6, 17, 21, 72, 73, 290, 298, 299, 300; architecture, 74–75, 81–87; cercaduras at, 69, 77–81; community organization, 88, 90; excavations at, 75–77; suprahouseholds at, 70, 89; urban landscape at, 91–92
cemetery, at Talambo, 269
ceramics, 45, 179, 278; with architectural models, 168, 169, 176; at Caylán, 73–74, 79; at El Purgatorio Sector B South, 210, 218–19, 224, 225, 229(nn4, 6); household production of, 241–42; at Huaca Colorada, 119(table); Late Moche period, 266, 267–68; at Pedregal, 252; at Talambo, 270–71, 273–74, 276–77, 280, 294; at Ventanillas, 246, 248; at Wasi Huachuma, 123(table)
ceramic workshops: at Huacas de Moche, 154–55; at Pampa Grande, 151
cercaduras, 68–69, 70, 73, 75, 300, 301; at Caylán, 77–81, 91, 92; spatial logic in, 81–87
ceremonial architecture, 17, 19, 165–66, 173. See also huacas
ceremonial assemblages: in Jequetepeque Valley, 267–68; at Talambo, 273–74
ceremonial centers, 173; in Jequetepeque Valley, 108, 110, 112–18, 165, 280
Cerro Blanco de Nepeña, 71, 73
Cerro Blanco phase, 73
Cerro Campana, 151
Cerro Chepén, 108, 267, 294, 296; and Talambo Canal, 270, 280
Cerro la Cruz, 16
Cerro la Virgen, 35
Cerro Mayal, 154
Cerro Mucho Malo, residential terraces on, 207–8, 216
Cerro Sullivan, 270
Cessford, Craig, 238
Chachapoyas, fineware ceramics, 241
Chan Chan, 15, 35, 71, 239, 240, 270; cercaduras, 68, 89
Chan Chan: Andean Desert City (Moseley and Day), 15
Chankillo, 205
Charcape, 273
Chavez Hualpa, Fabiola, 143
Chavín de Huántar, 205
Chavín religion, 72; at Ancash, 68–69
Chicama Valley, 15, 173, 239, 243
chicha, production and consumption of, 72, 219, 224, 225–26, 227, 228
chiefdoms, 71
Childe, V. Gordon, 203–4
childbirth rituals, 156–57
Chimú-Casma, 16
Chimú Empire/State, 7, 15, 16, 20, 89, 239, 240, 291, 295, 296, 300; ceramic production, 241–42; cercaduras and, 68, 91; in Jequetepeque Valley, 248, 250–51, 252; at Talambo, 268, 269, 270, 280
Chimú Period, 19, 143; Talambo, 269, 270, 293
chronotopic spaces, Moche huacas as, 172–73
chullpas, 291
chungos, 75. See also grindstones, grinding stones
cities, and social diversity, 203–4
Ciudad de Dios, 273
ciudadela, 15
Coca Chewing Ceremony, 143, 155
Collier, Donald, 205
colonnaded architecture, 83. See also patio groups
Colonial Period, 14, 142–43, 241
commoners, 15, 16, 17; at El Purgatorio, 199–200, 201, 202–3, 209, 213, 215, 226–27; high status, 216–20, 222–23, 229(n6); low-status, 223–26; middle-status, 221–22; Moche, 110, 166; social diversity, 204–5
communities, community, 7, 8, 15, 128, 301, 302; alternate social worlds, 262–63; at Caylán, 88, 92; continuity of, 166–67; as cooperative/ceremonial bodies, 177–78; Early Horizon, 89–90; imagined, 103–4; mobile, 104–6
Compound-E (Caylán), 69, 91; artifacts in, 79–81; spatial logic in, 81–87; structure of, 78–79
Compound 9 (Huacas de Moche), 90–91
compounds, 17, 45, 68, 69, 88, 89, 90, 243, 252; at Caylán, 77–81; models of, 176–77; spatial organization of, 81–87; Ventanillas, 247–48. See also cercaduras
concilios, 243
corporate strategies, 6, 7, 21, 71, 177, 295
cotton production, Pedregal, 251
craft production, 11, 15, 17, 35, 38–39, 45, 112, 290; Talambo, 273, 277–78, 279
Crown, Patricia, 238
cuisine, 238. See also diet; foodstuffs
cults, Moche, 295
cultural capital, 42
cultural-ecological approach, 238
curacas, 42
curandismo, curanderas, 143–44, 153
Daggett, Richard E., 74
data recovery, 50; comprehensive, 46–48
Davis, Allison R., 208
dedicatory rituals, 299; sacrifices, 168–69, 185–86
demographics, Caylán Compound-E, 86–87
deposition processes, 47–48
Dillehay, Tom D., 107, 110, 240, 264
diversity, 5, 14, 289, 293, 294
documentation, of household histories, 44–46
domestic activities, 70, 297; at Caylán, 75–77
Dos Cabezas, 293
Doty, Mark, “Essay: The Love of Old Houses,” 260, 261
drought, Late Moche Period, 173
drum-playing, female figurines, 145, 150
duality, ayllu system, 14
dwellings, 6; household development cycle, 45–46
Early Horizon, 17, 42, 70, 73; in Ancash, 68–69, 88; at Caylán, 74–75, 79, 81, 298; community structure, 89–90
Early Intermediate Period, 15, 171, 205, 239
economic specialization, Andean urbanism, 204
economies, 11, 12, 22, 290; autonomy, 297–98
El Brujo, 243
elite-commoner interactions, 166
elite compounds, at Chan, 15
elites, 15, 17, 20, 36, 40, 89, 112, 168, 291, 300; coastal-highland identity, 293–94; community continuity, 166–67; at El Purgatorio, 201, 203; and huaca residences, 169–70, 174–75; in Jequetepeque Valley, 104, 242–50, 253, 263, 266, 279
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events, 240–41; Late Moche, 173, 266
El Purgatorio, 16, 19, 21, 74, 89, 204, 228, 229(nn8, 12), 291, 297, 299, 300; commoners at, 199–200, 202–3, 215; high-status residences at, 216–20; low-status residences at, 223–26; neighborhood archaeology at, 199–200, 208–12; occupation sequence of, 205–6; patio groups at, 221–24; residential districts, 200–201, 206–8; room functions at, 212–13; social diversity, 226–27; storage rooms, 220–21
El Purgatorio Archaeological Project (PAEP), 202, 205–6
ENSO. See El Niño–Southern Oscillation
entryways, in Caylán cercaduras, 86
environment, instability of, 173, 240–41, 266, 279–80
Envidia, La, 144
“Essay: The Love of Old Houses” (Doty), 260, 261
ethnic identity, 5
ethnoarchaeology, 45
ethnographic analogy, 12, 13–14
exchange networks, 292, 296; Late Moche, 260, 264–66
expedient structures, at Huaca Colorada, 112–14, 126
experimental archaeology, 45
extended families, 14, 87, 89, 226
face-neck jars, 241, 269, 270, 273, 274, 279
family, 12, 14, 38, 52(n4), 226
feasting, 112, 253, 298, 301; elite residences, 90–91; El Purgatorio, 203, 219
Feline Headdress Female, 145, 153–55, 159; and childbirth rituals, 156–57
felines, in Moche culture, 153–55
females: life cycle, 19; Moche depictions of, 139–40, 143–48, 150–59; shamans, 142–44
festivals, 147. See also feasting
figurines: Feline Headdress Female, 153–55; iconography of, 17–19; Labretted Lady, 150–53, 158–59; Moche, 39, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144–48, 157–58, 295, 301; Priestess, 148–50; Talambo, 273, 274, 277
figurative artifacts, 139–40, 277; iconography of, 17–19
fineware ceramics, 5, 114, 241, 273–74, 277, 280
flooding, ENSO-related, 240–41
flutes, as male instruments, 150
folk religions, 300
food production and processing, 11, 17, 38, 121, 291, 296, 300; at Caylán, 75, 80–81; El Purgatorio Sector B South, 219–20, 222–23, 224; Ventanillas, 246–47
foodstuffs, 202, 238, 248; at Talambo, 271, 272–73, 276
formation processes, identifying, 48–49
fortified hilltop sites, 240
Fung Pineda, Rosa, 205
gable-roofed structures, 179, 181; models of, 167, 168–69, 176–77
Galindo, 8, 15, 35, 68, 106, 148, 263, 270, 294
Gallito Ciego Dam Project, 268
gender, 12; enculturation, 21–22; of figurative artifacts, 6, 18–19, 141, 145–53
gender roles, 40, 241; Moche, 139–40, 151–52
genitalia, depictions of, 157
geoarchaeology, 49
goods, access to, 227–28
grave goods, architectural models of, 167, 168
grindstones, grinding stones, 292, 300; at Caylán, 75, 76, 77, 80–81; at El Purgatorio, 219–20
Grupo Gallinazo, 89
Heavy Stone Wall (El Purgatorio), and Sector B South, 216, 218
high status commoners, at El Purgatorio, 216–20, 222–23, 226
histories, household, 45–46
Hodder, Ian, 238
households, 15, 19, 70, 169, 259; archaeological definition of, 5, 10, 52(n2); El Purgatorio configurations, 200–201; histories of, 44–46; resistance, 39–40; as social constructs, 106–7; spatial and temporal contexts of, 3–4; as structuring agents, 37–38
household studies, 16–17
houses, 302; materiality of, 5–6
house society (société à maison), 12–13, 170, 260, 298
Huaca Colorada, 9, 19, 21, 22, 106, 108, 110, 111, 151, 165, 167, 178, 180, 240, 241, 267, 280, 295, 296, 301; construction and abandonment of, 179, 181–89; population circulation model and, 126–28; renovations at, 170, 174; as ritual center, 112–18; social reproduction at, 189–90; temporary and permanent structures at, 122–24, 298
Huaca de la Luna, 145, 154, 172, 173, 174, 174, 175
Huaca Fortaleza, 174, 175, 189
Huaca Lercanlech, 188
Huaca Loro, 188
Huaca Partida, 71
Huaca Prieta, 68
Huaca Rajada, 167–68
huacas, 178, 243, 265; ceremonial architecture on, 168–70; as elite residences, 174–75, 298; Moche iconography of, 172–73, 175–76; symbology of, 298–99; at Talambo, 268, 269–70; at Ventanillas, 244–45, 248
Huacas de Moche, 15, 18, 21, 71, 106, 140, 170, 263, 291, 294, 298, 299; ceramic workshop in, 154–55; Compound 9 excavations, 90–91
Huambocayán phase, 73
Húanaco Pampa, 39
Huancabamba, 143
Huarez, 205
human capital, 41
humans, sacrifices of, 168, 186, 188
iconography, 42, 300; of figurative artifacts, 17–19; Moche, 171, 172–73, 175–76, 178, 274, 279, 292; Moche figurative, 143, 145–48, 158
identity, 5, 13, 139, 142, 177, 296, 299; elite, 293–94; households and, 70, 204; in Late Moche Period, 157–58
identity theory, 208–9
ideology: Moche, 294–95, 298; of place, 289
illnesses, female shamans and, 143, 153
imagined communities, 103–4
inequality, 296, 297, 300; material, 201, 202, 203
Initial Period, 17, 42, 72, 73
Inka Empire, 8, 39, 71, 291, 295; ceramic production, 241–42; at Pedregal, 251–52
irregular structures, at El Purgatorio Sector B South, 210, 213, 223–24, 226–27
irrigation systems, 41, 240, 241, 263; Jequetepeque Valley, 264, 266, 270, 280; at Talambo, 277–78
Jequetepeque Valley, 13, 17, 20, 89, 174, 177, 208, 238, 239, 261, 280, 292, 293, 301; Chimú conquest of, 250–51; ENSO-related flooding, 240–41; excavation in, 109–10; exchange networks, 260, 264–65; Late Intermediate Period, 242–50, 253; Late Moche Period, 263–68, 294, 298, 299; mobile communities in, 104–7, 297; residential patterns in, 111–14, 122–23, 124, 126–28
Kabyle house, 289
Keatinge, Richard, 35
kinship systems, 12, 14, 37, 70, 291
kitchens, at Chan, 15
labor, 14, 37, 42, 43; capital as, 40–41
Labretted Lady, figurines, 140, 145, 150–53, 158, 301
La Leche Valley, 239
Lambayeque Period, 19, 20, 140, 293; Talambo, 275–77
Lambayeque tradition, 143, 152, 239, 240, 248, 280; ceramic production, 241–42; Late Intermediate period, 242–43
Lambayeque Valley, 35–36, 143, 188, 239; and Jequetepeque Valley, 243–44; Late Moche period in, 174, 263, 299
Late Horizon Period, 38, 295; at Talambo, 270, 280–81
Late Intermediate Period (LIP), 38, 91, 200, 253, 260, 268, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297; ceramic production, 241–42; household organization, 239–40; sociopolitical reorganization, 237, 238; at Talambo, 270, 280
Late Moche Period, 17, 183, 260, 292, 293; environmental instability, 279–80; exchange networks, 264–66; female iconography, 157–58; Jequetepeque Valley, 105–6, 263–64, 266–68, 298, 299; residential patterns, 104, 111–14, 122–23, 124, 126–28; rural populations, 107–9; social and environmental change, 173–74; sociopolitical reorganization, 237, 240–41; Talambo, 68–77, 271–75, 281, 295–96
Late Sicán Period, 239; platforms, 245–46
leadership, labret use, 152
Lévi-Strauss, Claude, on société à maison, 170, 260
lineages, corporate, 42
LIP. See Late Intermediate Period
Llacama, La, 153
llama, at Huaca Colorada, 114
low-status commoners, El Purgatorio, 223–27
Lukurmata, 238
lunar imagery, Moche, 148
macroreligious forces, 293
Mac Sweeney, Naoise, 208
maize, 72, 114, 251; beer production, 90–91
males, 150; Moche depictions of, 139, 140, 145, 147
maquetas, 176–77
marriage patterns, 12
material culture: at Caylán, 75, 76, 77, 79–81; inequality, in El Purgatorio, 201, 202, 203. See also by type
Matsigenka Indians, 13
middle class/status: at El Purgatorio, 201, 215, 221–23, 226; at Huacas de Moche, 294
Middle Horizon Period, 91, 171, 200, 239, 290, 292, 295
Middle Moche period, 263; irrigation systems, 264, 278; at Talambo, 270, 271–75
middle-range theory, 44–45
Middle Sicán polity, 239
midwives, 143–44
migration, Late Moche Period, 266–67
mobility, 17, 225, 293, 299; Jequetepeque Valley communities, 104–6, 109–10, 297; Moche commoner, 110–11
Moche culture, 5, 15, 36, 38, 42, 68, 89, 106, 189, 239, 240, 273, 292, 300; architectural models, 175–77; architecture, 171–72; ceremonial structures, 165–66; elite residences, 174–75; elite roles in, 166–67; Feline Headdress Female, 153–55; figurative artifacts, 17–19, 39, 143, 144–48; gender in, 139–40, 297; ideology, 294–95; Labretted Lady figurines, 150–53; mobile social units, 107–8, 110–11; priestess figures, 148–50; social and environmental change in, 173–74; social identity, 142, 177–78
Moche Valley, 35, 172, 239, 299
mollusks, in El Purgatorio Sector B South, 219, 227
monumental architecture, 42; at Ventanillas, 244–46
moon, Moche iconography, 148
Morgan, Louis Henry, 199
mountains, as deified ancestors, 172
multidisciplinary analyses, 49–51, 300
murals, Huaca de la Luna, 172
Murra, Jack, 71
musical instruments, in Moche figurative arts, 145, 147, 150, 153
musicians, Moche figurative, 145, 147, 150
neighborhood archaeology, at El Purgatorio, 199–200, 208–12
neighborhoods, 7–8, 204; Caylán, 78, 90; El Purgatorio Sector B South, 215, 216–20
Nepeña Valley, 17, 69, 71–72, 73, 90, 290
Netting, Robert McC., 35, 52(n6)
nobility, labor extraction, 40
occupation(s), 42; duration of, 45–46, 53(n11)
occupation sequence: El Purgatorio, 205–6; Ventanillas, 244
offerings, Huaca Colorada construction, 186, 187, 188–89
organic remains, at El Purgatorio Sector B South, 210, 212, 227
orthogonal buildings: at El Purgatorio Sector B South, 210, 211, 226; and patio groups, 221–22
Owl Deity, Moche whistle, 147
Pacatnamú, 239, 242–43, 247, 253, 293, 296
Pachacamac, 68
PAEP. See El Purgatorio Archaeological Project
paleobotanical materials: at El Purgatorio, 212, 227; at Huaca Colorado, 114, 115(table); in Jequetepeque Valley, 128, 248, 249–50(table); at Talambo, 272, 276; at Wasi Huachuma, 124(table)
Pampa de Colorado, 270
Pampa de las Llamas, 36
Pampa de las Llamas–Moxeke, 205
Pampa de Mojucape, 179
Pampa Grande, 17, 21, 36, 68, 71, 106, 143, 263, 295; elite residences on, 174–75; figurative artifacts from, 140, 144, 151–52; Labretted Lady figurines, 152–53, 158–59, 301
Pañamarca, 71
panpipes, Caylán, 79
patio groups, at El Purgatorio Sector B South, 221–23, 226
patios, covered, 84–85
PATO. See Proyecto Arqueológico de Talambo Oeste
PD. See Provenience Data files
peasants, resistance of, 39, 238
Pedregal, 7, 22, 239, 242, 251–52, 253, 291, 296
pendants: Moche figurative, 144–48; from Talambo, 277
permanent structures, 118, 122–23; at Wasi Huachuma, 120, 121–22
Piura region, curanderas, 143–44
Pizzaro, Pedro, 143
place, ideology of, 289
platform mounds, platforms, 78, 177; ceremonial stepped, 178, 179, 180–83; Late Intermediate Period, 244–46; private chambers on, 185–86; public visibility of, 183–85
plaza-compound structure, 17; at Caylán, 82–85
plazas, 17; Caylán cercaduras, 78; at Huaca Colorada, 181, 183
politicoeconomic-ritual round, 108
politics, 38, 41, 46, 40; autonomy, 297–98; and domestic realm, 292, 293
population circulation model, for Jequetepeque Valley, 124, 126–28
population movement, 105
Portachuelo de Charcape, 109–10, 267, 280; maqueta of, 176–77
post emplacement structures, at Huaca Colorada, 186–87, 188–89
pottery. See ceramics
Povinelli, Elizabeth A., 262
Power relations, 289
Pozorski, Shelia G., 35
practice theory, 208–9
Presentation Theme, Moche figurine representations, 143, 148
prestige, 42; architectural indicators, 209, 218
priestess burials, at San José de Moro, 176
priestess cult, at San José de Moro, 265
Priestess figures, 145, 147, 149, 158; contexts of, 148, 150
prisoner capture, Moche, 171
production, 38, 288; organization of, 11, 89, 175
Provenience Data (PD) files, 50
Proyecto Arqueológico de Talambo Oeste (PATO), 271
Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica Ventanillas, 244
public architecture, scale models of, 176–77
Punkuri, 71
Quebrada Santa Cristina, 36
quincha walls: at El Purgatorio, 210, 221; at Talambo, 271, 272
radiocarbon dates, Ventanillas, 244, 245
ramps, in Jequetepeque Valley, 243
rattles: and childbirth, 156; double-chamber, 145, 153, 154
rebellions, household organized, 39
renewal, architectural, 169
renovation, architectural, 19, 169, 170, 172–73, 178
residences, 12, 15, 44, 203, 246, 298, 299; elite, 90–91, 174–75; high-status, 216–20; storage rooms and, 220–21; temporary and permanent, 111–14, 120, 121–23, 124, 126–28, 293, 297
residential districts, El Purgatorio, 200–201, 206–8, 216–20
resilience, 237; household, 238, 295–96
resistance, 39–40, 166, 238, 295
resources, access to, 201, 248
revolts, peasant, 39
ritual(s), 147, 153, 251, 267, 289, 295; access to, 227–28; birth, 156–57; dedicatory and termination, 168–69, 185–86; domestic, 21–22, 109; Huaca Colorada building, 179–89; Late Moche, 264–66; on Moche huacas, 173, 175–76
ritual centers, Huaca Colorada as, 112–18, 165
ritual practitioners, 166
roads, Inka, 252
royal residences, at Chan Chan, 15
royalty, labor extraction, 40
rulership, female, 142–43
rupture, archaeological models of, 261–62
rural sector, 17, 38, 40, 238, 300; autonomy, 297–98; Jequetepeque Valley, 240–42; Late Moche period, 108–9; settlement autonomy, 104–5, 107
sacred knowledge, 42
sacrifice, 148, 166, 170, 299, 301; dedicatory rites, 168, 185–86; Huaca Colorada, 19, 167, 187, 188; Moche, 171, 173
Sahlins, Marshall, 238
San Ildefonso, ceremonial ceramics at, 267–68
San José de Moro, 20, 108, 110, 143, 241, 243, 267, 278, 279, 280, 293, 295, 298, 301; burials with maquetas at, 176, 177; exchange networks, 260, 296; figurative artifacts from, 140, 148, 151, 158; ritual exchange networks, 265–66
Santa Rita B, 273
Santa Rosa–Quirihuac, 270, 273
scepter, with architectural models, 167–68
Sector A (El Purgatorio), 206
Sector B South (El Purgatorio), 199, 215, 229(nn8, 12); architecture of, 209–12; ceramics in, 218–19; description of, 207–8; high status commoners in, 216–20; household configuration at, 200–201; low-status commoners in, 223–26; material inequality in, 202, 203; middle status commoners in, 221–23; room functions, 212–13; social diversity, 204–5, 226–27; storage rooms, 220–21
Sector C (El Purgatorio), 207
Sector D (El Purgatorio), 207
semiorthonogal buildings, in El Purgatorio Sector B South, 210, 212
Serrano Canal, 267
settlement patterns, 240; in Jequetepeque Valley, 110, 270
shamans, shamanism, 19; female, 142, 143–44; feline transformation by, 153–55
shellfish: at Talambo, 271, 272, 276; at Ventanillas, 248, 249–50(table)
sherd discs, at Caylán, 79
sherd size, and formation processes, 48
sherd wear, and formation processes, 48–49
Shimada, Izumi, 35–36
Sicán Period, in Lambayeque Valley, 188
Sipán, 298; scepter from, 167, 168
SJM fineline wares, 267–68; at Talambo, 273–74, 277
smallholdings, smallholders, 38, 52–53(n6)
small irregular agglutinated rooms (SIAR), 15
snails (Scutalus proteus), Jequetepeque Valley consumption of, 248
social capital, 41–42
social constructs, households as, 106–7
social diversity, 203; El Purgatorio, 19, 200, 204–5, 226–27
Social History movement, 43
social identity, in Moche society, 142, 177–78
social production/reproduction, 9, 10, 12, 70, 178, 202; at Huaca Colorada, 189–90
social status, 38, 40, 42, 46, 152; architecture and, 166, 209–12; at El Purgatorio, 200, 201, 202–3, 213, 215, 216–27; of Talambo residents, 276–77
social units, 17, 103, 200, 289; household as, 10, 12, 107–8, 259
société à maison, 12–13, 170, 260, 298
sociopolitical organization, 45, 297, 298, 299; changes in, 10, 17, 39–40, 173–74, 237, 238, 291–93
soga y cabeza adobes, 218
space, 10, 13, 289, 290, 297; social identity and, 177–78; use of, 88–89
Spondylus shell, as dedicatory offerings, 186, 187
state formation, 204
stepped platforms, 178; at Huaca Colorado, 179, 180–89
storage rooms, El Purgatorio Sector B South, 220–21, 222
streets, Caylán, 78
Strombus Monster, 147
supernatural beings, on whistles, 144, 147–48
suprahouseholds, 300; at Caylán, 70, 89
Swenson, Edward R., 264
symbolism, 4, 8–9, 290; of huacas, 298–99. See also iconography
tablados, 177
Talambo, 20, 46, 241, 260, 281(n4), 292–93, 294; description of, 268–71; Late Horizon, 280–81; Middle/Late Moche Period, 271–75; Moche collapse at, 277–78; resilience, 295–96; Transitional Period/early Lambayeque period, 275–77
Talambo Canal, 268, 270, 278, 280; household proximity to, 274–75
tapia floors, 111–12
Tecapa, 184
Tello, Julio, 205
temporary structures, temporales, 123, 293, 294, 298; at Huaca Colorada, 112–14; in Jequetepeque Valley, 111–12; at Wasi Huachuma, 120, 121–22
termination rites, 168, 179, 299
terraces: at El Purgatorio, 207–8; at Talambo, 270
theater, funerary activities as, 177
Thompson, Donald E., 205
Tiwanaku polity, 238
tombs, symbolic, 177
Topic, John, 35
Transitional Period, 20, 260, 280; Huaca Colorada construction, 183–84; Talambo, 275–77, 281, 292, 296
trumpets, as male instruments, 150
Túcume, 239
urban anthropology, 208–9
urban centers, 14, 17, 35, 40, 69, 70, 107, 204, 239; Caylán, 75, 84, 91–92; El Purgatorio as, 199–200; Moche, 140, 142
urbanism, 88, 92, 200, 201, 202, 228, 263
Urban Zone (Huacas de Moche), ceramic workshop, 154–55
U-shaped rooms, Jequetepeque Valley, 243
variability, 20–21; of household materiality, 5–6
Ventanillas, 20, 22, 242, 243, 253, 293, 296, 299; botanical and shellfish remains at, 249–50(table); excavations, 247–48; food preparation, 246–47; monumental architecture at, 244–46
verticality models, 71
Virú Valley, 89
visibility, of platforms, 183–85
Vogel, Melissa, 202
war clubs, architectural models on, 168
warfare, Moche, 171
Wari State, 266
Warrior Narrative, 148
Wasi Huachuma, 17, 21, 110, 111–12; functions of, 118–19; layout of, 119–20; permanent and temporary habitations, 121–22, 123–24; population circulation model and, 126–28
water management, at Talambo, 277–78, 281(n4)
wealth, at El Purgatorio, 19
weaving, Moche iconography, 151–52
Wernke, Steven A., 208
whistles, Moche, 18, 140, 141, 145, 147–48, 301
Williams León, Carlos, 205
Winckelmann, Johann, 199
women, 139; gender roles, 151–52
Yaeger, Jason, 208
Zaña Valley, 107, 239; migration into, 266–67
zooarchaeological remains: at El Purgatorio, 212, 227; at Huaca Colorada, 116–18(table); in Jequetepeque Valley, 128; at Talambo, 272, 276; at Wasi Huachuma, 125–26(table)