Death as a rite of passage: The iconography of the Moche Burial Theme

Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 277, 1998, Pages 528-538

  Hill, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Iconography; Moche period; Mortuary contexts; Peru; Rites of Passage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042708650     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00086944     Document Type: Article

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