Christopher B. Donnan

Christopher B. Donnan is a professor emeritus in UCLA’s Department of Anthropology. He has researched the Moche civilization of ancient Peru for more than fifty years, combining a systematic analysis of Moche art with numerous archaeological excavations. His works include Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru, Moche Tombs at Dos Cabezas, Moche Fineline Painting: Its Evolution and Its Artists, Royal Tombs of Sipán, Ceramics of Ancient Peru, and Moche Art of Peru: Pre-Columbian Symbolic Communication.

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Ancient Burial Patterns of the Moche Valley, Peru

University of Texas Press

This book provides a full description of 103 Moche Valley burials, spanning a period of more than 3,500 years.

  • Copyright year: 1978
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Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru

University of Texas Press

The first wide-ranging, systematic study of the Moche portraits, three-dimensional ceramic vessels formed in the likeness of people's heads.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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La Mina

A Royal Moche Tomb

University of New Mexico Press

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.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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