{"product_id":"architectural-vessels-of-the-moche-9780292761254","title":"Architectural Vessels of the Moche","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eElaborately decorated monumental architecture, royal tombs, and ritual human sacrifice have established the Moche of ancient Peru (AD 200–800) as a culturally rich and ideologically complex civilization. Because the Moche did not have a text-based writing system, their sophisticated works of art, which communicated complex concepts, specific ideas, and detailed narratives, have become a prime source for understanding the Moche worldview. This pioneering volume presents the first book-length study of one of the most compelling forms of Moche art—fine ware ceramics that depict architectural structures in miniature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssembling a data set of some two hundred objects, \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Vessels of the Moche\u003c\/i\u003e interprets the form and symbolism of these artworks and their relationship to full-scale excavated Moche architectural remains. Juliet B. Wiersema reveals that Moche architectural vessels preserve aspects of Moche monumental architecture that have been irreparably \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Moche Architectural Vessels: An Overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Visualizing and Visually Communicating Architectural Space\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Moche Architectural Vessel Corpus and Its Correspondence with the Archaeological Record\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Ceramic Diagrams of Sacred Space: Vessels of the Enclosed Gabled Type\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Moche Architectural Whistling Vessels: Their Technical Construction and Acoustic Properties\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Architectural Representations in Other Cultures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400878137687,"sku":"9780292761254","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292761254.jpg?v=1730471821","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/architectural-vessels-of-the-moche-9780292761254","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}