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Huaca de la Luna
The moche deity Ai apaec (decapitador) on a wall inside the temple or Huaca of the Moon
Museum Huacas of MocheA view of the Huaca de la Luna, with Cerro Blanco in the backgroundThe main mural of the Huaca de la LunaLower right panel, Moche culture, pre-ColumbianMural detail, Ai-Apaec (Ayapec), Huaca de la Luna
Huaca de la Luna ("Temple or Shrine of the Moon") is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru.[1] Along with the Huaca del Sol, the Huaca de la Luna is part of Huacas de Moche, which is the remains of an ancient Moche capital city called Cerro Blanco, by the volcanic peak of the same name.
^Benson, E.P.; Cook, A.G. (2001). Ritual sacrifice in ancient Peru. University of Texas Press. p. 211.
HuacadelaLuna ("Temple or Shrine of the Moon") is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru. Along with the Huaca...
the Inca (Inka) Empire, huacas were involved more in prominent monuments, such as the Huaca del Sol and the HuacadelaLuna. As stated above, they were...
nearby HuacadelaLuna, a better-preserved but smaller temple. By 450 AD, eight different stages of construction had been completed on the Huaca del Sol...
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valleys, and was first described by Rafael Larco Hoyle. The Huaca del Sol-HuacadelaLuna site was probably the capital of this region. The Northern Moche...
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certain circumstances; they were brought to Cusco following a ceque and huaca route of tribute.: 199–201 The Coricancha is located at the confluence...
Fidel, L. (2009). "La Geologia, evolucion geomorfologica y geodinamica externa dela ciudad Inca de Machupicchu, Cusco-Perù". Revista dela Asociación Geológica...
of popular myths have arisen about the geoglyph: one attributes it to José de San Martín, a 19th-century leader in the fight for independence; another suggests...
Perъ de 1993". Pdba.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 22 July 2009. Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo (2007). "Cuzco: La piedra donde se posó la lechuza. Historia de un...
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of the Moche route are: Huanchaco Huaca del Sol HuacadelaLuna, etc. Trujillo Chiclayo Lord of Sipan El Brujo Huaca Esmeralda The Lady of Cao Pampa Grande...
buildings, Huaca del Sol and HuacadelaLuna. Nueva Cádiz, in Venezuela. It was one of the first Spanish settlements in the Americas. Santa María la Antigua...
Moche culture produced architectural works, such as the Huacas del Sol y delaLuna and the Huaca Rajada of Sipán. They were experts at cultivation in terraces...
pp. 133–53. Project Muse. Rowe, John (1990). "Machu Picchu a la luz de documentos de siglo XVI”. Historia, 16 (1), pp. 139–54 Guillet, David and others...
rock faces, and elaborate waterworks; they include the Templo de Agua and the Baño dela Ñusta. 'Araqhama is bordered to the west by Cerro Bandolista,...
from the HuacadelaLuna site, Peru, 100–700 AD. A Moche mural of a decapitator from the HuacadelaLuna site, Peru, 100–700 AD. Mural in Huaca Cao Viejo...
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