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

• Autores: Jeffrey Quilter, Carlos Rengifo, Moisés Tufinio, Luis Enrique Zavaleta Paredes, Amy Oakland, Lizbeth Pariona Muñoz, Paul Szpak, Maria Goretti Mieites Alonso, Nobuko Shibayama, Anahí Maturana Fernández
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 98, Nº 401, 2024, págs. 1359-1375
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.