Textiles, dates and identity in the late occupation of the Huacas de Moche, Peru

Bibliographic Data

ID3323331
AuthorsJeffrey Quilter (0000-0001-9069-2116, Harvard University, corresponding author), Carlos Rengifo Chunga (0000-0002-1211-094X, National University of Trujillo, corresponding author), Carlos Rengifo, Moisés Tufinio (National University of Trujillo), Enrique Zavaleta (National University of Trujillo), Amy Oakland (California State University, East Bay), Lizbeth Pariona Muñoz (National University of Trujillo), P Szpak (0000-0002-1364-6834, Trent University), Maria Goretti Mieites Alonso (0000-0001-8809-159X, Metropolitan Museum of Art), Nobuko Shibayama (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Anahi Maturana-Fernandez (Trent University)
Year2024
Volume98
Issue401
Pages1359-1375
Publication date2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2024.138
OpenAlexW4402652944
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Archaeological cultures present allegories of ethnic identities across the centuries or millennia but such conceptualisations are necessarily incomplete and lack the resolution to explore transitions between cultures. Here, exploration of the archaeological contexts, production methods, stylistic variation and radiocarbon dating of 20 preserved textile fragments facilitates an examination of cultural change at Huaca del Sol (Huacas de Moche, northern Peru). While occupants of the site experienced many outside cultural influences, including those from the highland Wari Empire, continuity in textile traditions suggests that some sense of Moche identity was maintained through the tenth century and after the perceived end of the Moche culture

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Identity (music) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Latin American history and culture