Mochica Culture Ceramics

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Mochica culture ceramics.

Moche ceramic art represents an infinite variety of subjects. Ad 100 750 was a south american society with cities temples canals and farmsteads located along the arid coast in a narrow strip between the pacific ocean and the andes mountains of peru. Moche pottery is some of the most varied in the world. Their pots include life sized portrait heads of individuals and three dimensional representations of animals and people.

A mochicas terracotta head the best example of pottery produced before the days of the inca empire is found in the ceramics produced by the moche or mochica culture that thrived from 100 to 700 ad in the northern peruvian coast. The moche culture ca. Elle puise son inspiration dans le monde naturel l environnement et les hommes dans leurs diverses activités. La céramique mochica est une des plus belles du pérou préhispanique.

But moche ceramics vary widely in shape and theme with most important social activities documented in pottery including war metalwork weaving and sex. Common zoomorphic figures include camelids deer felines foxes rodents monkeys bats sea lions as well as a wide array of birds fish shells arachnids and reptiles. This would have enabled the mass production of certain forms. The moche or mochica are perhaps best known for their ceramic art.