Moche

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• PERU: At the base of a mud-brick pyramid, excavators opened the spectacular 1,500-year-old tomb of a Moche elite the locals have dubbed "Lord of Ucupe."

  Academic text (2009)

• Earthquakes and El Niño devastated the Moche state of coastal Peru during the mid-sixth century A.D.

  Academic text (2006)

• Between the first and seventh centuries A.D., the area had been a major religious center for the Moche culture.

  Academic text (2011)

• The grave, which held two other men and a pregnant woman, marks the transition between the Early and Middle Moche periods.

  Academic text (2009)

• Shimada believes it rose on the ruins of the Moche civilization around A.D. 800 and that its influence spread quickly over northern Peru.

  Academic text (2007)

• The community was centered around a church built on a Moche plaza, near a mound called the Huaca Cao Viejo.

  Academic text (2011)

• While it is unclear whether they were the first settlers at the Pyramids at Moche, they clearly dominated the site from about A.D. 150 to 750.

  Academic text (2002)

• Claude Chapdelaine of the University of Montreal, who worked at the site from 1995 to 2000, describes the urban sector as the "downtown" of the Moche capital, and the 10,000 or so people who lived here as "an urban class supporting the state; they had the right to accumulate wealth and had high-status tombs."

  Academic text (2002)

• The excavations revealed numerous artifacts from the ancient Moche civilization, showcasing their artistic achievements.

• In the Lambayeque region, historians study the rich traditions and elaborate burial practices of the Moche people.

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