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Author Donnan, Christopher B., author.

Title La Mina : a royal Moche tomb / Christopher B. Donnan
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 152 pages)
Contents Inventory of the metal objects -- Excavating the looted tomb -- Additional ceramics from the looted tomb -- Conversations with the looter -- Lingering questions -- Dos cabezas -- El brujo -- Observations and conclusions
Summary La Mina: A Royal Moche Tomb focuses on La Mina, an extraordinarily rich tomb that was looted on the north coast of Peru in 1987. The ceramic and metal objects it contained were among the most extraordinary ever produced in the Andean area, and it had the most colorfully decorated pre-Columbian burial chamber ever found in the Americas. The artifacts are now scattered throughout the world, nearly all of them held in private collections. In this work Donnan reveals how he was able to locate and document many of the tomb's contents and determine how the tomb was constructed and embellished.With more than two hundred color images of the archaeological treasures unearthed at La Mina--remarkable works in ceramic and metal that are among the greatest masterpieces of art from the ancient world--students and scholars will welcome the mystery of how careful archaeological sleuthing can piece together valuable information to recover what seemed to be unrecoverable
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (EBSCOhost, viewed on March 13, 2024)
Subject Mochica Indians -- Antiquities
Mochica Indians -- Tombs
excavation (process)
Mochica Indians -- Antiquities
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826363503
0826363504