Research Bibliography on Moche Stirrup Spout Vessels

Prepared December 5, 2014

Please note that this bibliography is not a complete list of research sources on Moche stirrup spout
vessels; missing from this list is scholarly work in other languages. As well, much of the important
work done by Peruvian scholars was unavailable to the University of Toronto libraries or online and
so does not appear as much as it should in this bibliography.
Scholars
Bawden, Garth; Conrad, Geoffrey W.
1982 The Andean Heritage: an exhibition at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press.
Benson, Elizabeth P.
1972
The Mochica: a culture of Peru. New York: Praeger Publishers.
Benson, Elizabeth P.
1997 Moche Art: myth, history, and rite. Ancient Peru: treasures from the museo arqueologico
Rafael Larco Herrrera, pp 41-50. San Franciso: Thames and Hudson.
Benson, Elizabeth P.
2009 Iconography Meets Archaeology. The Art and Archaeology of the Moche: an ancient
Andean society of the Peruvian north coast, pp 1-22. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Berrin, Kathleen.
1997
Ancient Peru: treasures from the museo arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrrera. San
Franciso: Thames and Hudson.
de Bock, Edward K.
2005
Human Sacrifices for Cosmic Order and Regeneration: structure and meaning in Moche
iconography, Peru, AD 100-800. Oxford: John and Erica Hedges Ltd.
Bourget, Steve.
2006
Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture. Austin: University of
Texas Press.
Bourget, Steve; Jones, Kimberley L.
2009 Introduction. The Art and Archaeology of the Moche: an ancient Andean society of the
Peruvian north coast. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Bourget, Steve.
2009 The Third Man: identity and rulership in Moche archaeology and visual culture. The
Art and Archaeology of the Moche: an ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast, pp
263-288. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Brantegem, Celine.
2012 Ceramics Turning into Humans: the meaning and use of Moche portrait vessels of
northern Peru (100-800 AD). Research master thesis, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden
University. Accessed online at:
https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/19538
Bussmann, Rainer W; Sharon, Douglas.
2009
Naming a Phantom: the quest to find the identity of Ulluchu, an unidentified
ceremonial plant of the Moche culture in northern Peru. Journal of Ethnobiology and
Ethnomedicine, vol. 5, no. 8. St.Louis: William L. Brown Center.
Carlson, Janice; Caspi, Sarah; Swan, C.P.
1999
Six Stirrup Handled Moche Ceramic Vessels from Pre-Columbian Peru: a technical
study applying PIXE spectrometry. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research,
vol. B, no. 150, pp 571-575. Newark: University of Delaware, Bartol Research
Institute.
Chapdelaine, Claude.
2009 Moche Art Style in the Santa Valley: between being a la Mode and developing a
provincial identity. The Art and Archaeology of the Moche: An ancient Andean society of the
Peruvian north coast, pp 129-152. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Chicoine, David.
2011 Death and Religion in the Southern Moche Peripherary: funerary practices at
Huambacho, Nepena Valley, Peru. Latin American Antiquity, vol.22. no. 4, pp 526548.
Collins, Cordy; Merbs, Charles F.
2009 Forensic Iconography: the case of the Moche Giants. The Art and Archaeology of the
Moche: An ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast, pp 93-112. Austin: University
of Texas Press.
Collecion Museo del Banco Central de Reserva del Peru.
1980 Cultures Antiques du Peru. Available at the Gardiner Museum.

Donnan, Christopher.
1973
Moche Occupation of the Santa Valley, Peru. Berkley: University of California Press.
Donnan, Christopher; McClelland, Donna.
1979 The Burial Theme in Moche Iconography. Studies I Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology,
no. 21, pp 5-46. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks.
Donnan, Christopher.
1997
Deer Hunting and Combat: parallel activities in the Moche world. Ancient Peru:
treasures from the museo arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrrera, pp 51-59. San Franciso:
Thames and Hudson.
Donnan, Christopher.
2004
Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press.
Donnan, Christopher.
2007
Moche Tombs at Dos Cabezas. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology.
Donnan, Christopher; McCllelland, Donna; McClelland, Donald.
2007
Moche Fineline Painting from San Jose de Moro. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of
Archaeology.
Gero, Joan.
2004

Gillin, John.
1947

Sex Pots of Ancient Peru: Post-Gender Reflections. Combining the Past and the Present:
Archaeological Perspectives on Society, pp 3-22. Oxford: BAR International Series 1210.

Moche: a Peruvian coastal community. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, Institute of

Social Anthropology.

Greenberg, B., Hutchet, J.B.

2010 Flies, Mochicas and Burial Practices: a case study from Huaca de la Luna, Peru.
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol 37, pp 2846-2856. Chicago: University of Illinoise,
Department of Biological Science.
Hocquenghem, Anne Marie.
2009 Sacrifics and Ceremonial Calendars in Societies of the Central Andes: a
reconsideration. The Art and Archaeology of the Moche: An ancient Andean society of the
Peruvian north coast, pp 23-42. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Jackson, Margaret A.
2008 Moche Art and Visual Culture in Ancient Peru. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press.
Lau, George F.
2004 Object of Contention: an examination of recuay-Moche combat imagery. Cambridge
Arcaheological Journal, vol. 14 no. 2, pp 163-184. United Kingdom: McDonald Institute
for Archaeological Research.
Larco Hoyle, R.
1965
Checcan. Geneva: Nagel.
Macedo, Justo Caceres.
2000 Sexuality in the ancient Moche society of Peru. Lima
Mathieu, Paul.
2008. Sex Pots: eroticism in ceramics. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
McClelland, Donna.
2009 Ulluchu: an elusive fruit. The Art and Archaeology of the Moche: An ancient Andean
society of the Peruvian north coast, pp 43-66. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Meneses, Nestor Ignacio Alva.
2009 Spiders and Spider Decapitators in Moche Iconography: identification from the
contexts of Sipan, antecedents and symbolism. The Art and Archaeology of the Moche: an
ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast, pp 247-262. Austin: University of Texas
Press.
Menzel, Dorothy.
1972
The Archaeology of Ancient Peru and the Work of Max Uhle. Berkely: University of
California.
Millaire, Jean Francois.
2009 Moche Textile Production on the Peruvian North Coast: a contextual analysis. The
Art and Archaeology of the Moche: an ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast, pp
229-246. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Musees Royaux dArt et dHistoire.
1974
La Collection de Vases Mochicas. Available at the Gardiner Museum.

Parsons, Lee A.
1962 An Examination of Four Moche Jars from the Same Mold. American Antiquity, vol.
27, no. 4. Published by: Society for American Archaeology.
Quilter, Jeffrey.
2002 Moche Politics, Religion, and Warfare. Journal of World Prehistory, vol. 16 no 2, pp
145-195. Plenum Publishing.
Quilter, Jeffrey.
2007 Representational Art in Ancient Peru and the Work of Alfred Gell. Arts Agency and
Art History, edited by Robin Osborne and Jeremy Tanner, pp 149-157. Malden:
Blackwell Publishing.
Quilter, Jeffrey.
2009 Art and Moche Martial Arts. The Art and Archaeology of the Moche: an ancient Andean
society of the Peruvian north coast, pp 215-228. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Quilter, Jeffrey.
2010 The Moche of Ancient Peru: Media and Messages. Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press
Harvard University.
Rowe, John Howland.
1968
The Influence of Chavin Art on Later Styles. Dumbarton Oaks Conference on Chavin,
edited by Elizabeth P. Benson, pp 101-125. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research
Library and Collection.
Sawyer, Alan R.
1966
Ancient Peruvian Ceramics: the Nathan Cummings collection at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society. Available at the Gardiner
Museum.
Scher, Sarahh.
2012 Markers of Masculinity: phallic representation in Moche art. Bulletin de l'Institut
franais d'tudes andines, vol. 41, no.2, pp 169-196.
Sharp, Kayleigh.
2008
Iconography for the Living or the Dead? New Perspectives on Moche IV-V
Iconography, North Coast Peru. Accessed online through Google Books:
http://bit.ly/1zv08aR .

Sutter, Richard; Verano, John.

2007
Biodistance analysis of the Moche sacrificial victims from Huaca de la Luna plaza
3C: Matrix method test of their origins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol.
132, no. 2, pp 193-206.
Swenson, Edward.
2007
Adaptive strategies or ideological innovations? Interpreting sociopolitical
developments in the Jequetepeque Valley of Peru during the Late Moche Period.
Journal of Anthropological Arcaheology, vol. 6 no. 2, pp 253-282. Chicago: Field Museum.
Torpy, Janet M.
2002
Portrait Vessel of a Man with Harelip Tatoos. Journal of the American Medical
Association, vol. 287, no.16, pp 2038.
Vaughn, Kevin J.
2006
Craft Production, Exchange, and Political Power in the Pre-Incaic Andes. Journal of
Archaeology, vol. 14, pp 313-344. West Lafayette: Purdue University, Springer
Publishing.
Verano, John.
2009 Communality and Diversity in Moche Human Sacrifice. The Art and Archaeology of the
Moche: An ancient Andean society of the Peruvian north coast, pp 195-214. Austin:
University of Texas Press.
Weismantel, Mary.
2004
Moche Sex Pots: Reproduction and Temporality in Ancient South America.
American Anthropologist, vol. 106, no. 3, pp 495-505.
Wiersema, Juliet.
2010 The Architectural Vessels of the Moche of Peru (C.E. 200-850): architecture for the
afterlife. Doctoral dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the
University of Maryland. Accessed online at: http://www.museolarco.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/07/Wiersema-dissertationArchitecturalVessels.pdf

Blogs and Websites

Enrico.
2013

Moche Sex Pots, Part One. UNEARTHING: Archaeology, Art, and Museums. Accessed
online at: http://unearthingarchaeoblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/moche-sexpots-part-one/

2014

Moche Sex Pots, Part One. UNEARTHING: Archaeology, Art, and Museums. Accessed
online at: http://unearthingarchaeoblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/moche-sexpots- part-two/

Enrico.

Roger Atwood
2012 Artifacts and Fictions in Baltimore: Roger Atwood on the Walters pre-Colombian
collection. Chasing Aphrodite. Accessed online:
http://chasingaphrodite.com/2012/05/18/artifacts-and-fictions-in-baltimore-rogeratwood-on-the-walters-pre-colombian-collection/
Chasing Aphrodite
2013 The Peruvian Connection: Federal Agents Bust Alleged Antiquities Smugglers
Network in Utah. Accessed online: http://chasingaphrodite.com/2013/04/10/theperuvian-connection-federal-agents-bust-alleged-antiquities-smugglers-network-inutah/
Moche Inc.
http://www.savethemoche.org/aboutus
U.S. Customs
Prohibited and Restricted Items - http://www.cbp.gov/travel/internationalvisitors/kbyg/prohibited-restricted
U.S. Customs
Illustrations of Artifacts Subject to U.S. Import Restriction.
http://eca.state.gov/files/bureau/icpp/peru/ceramic/sect2.htm
People Not Stones
http://peoplenotstones.org/

Media
Link

Date

Title

https://www.youtub 3/14/2013 Warfare and Human Sacrifice in the Moche

Warning: shows
e.com/watch?v=isv
World: New Discoveries and Continuing Debates human remains
F3B-OdRs
- John Verano Lecture from Tulane University at
Brown University
http://www.bbc.co. undated
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BBC site about the kneeling warriors and the

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Britannica

https://www.youtub 2000
e.com/watch?v=ve
DJKuRy9wg

Pyramid of Doom, Ancient Murder Mystery Warning: shows

features John Verano and his colleagues working human remains
on the Huaca de la Luna site.

https://www.youtub 3/3/2005 BBC's Horizon - The Lost Civilization of Peru

e.com/watch?v=0Fr
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https://www.youtub 2007
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On the Trail of Moche Gold

Warning: shows
human remains

Museums with online collections

Link
Date
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2014
http://n
mai.si.edu
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2014
http://w
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http://art
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Museum

Details/Other links about collection

The Metropolitan Museum of

Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection
/the-collectiononline/search?ft=moche+stirrup+spout
&rpp=90&pg=1

University of Pensylvannia
Museum

National Museum of the

American Indian

Brooklyn Museum

Princeton University Museum

http://www.americanindian.si.edu/searc
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http://w
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http://em
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E813FFC
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097-6cc74abab7dee3d7b6e2 2014

The University of Texas, the

Blanton Museum

Simon Fraser University

Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology

Gardiner Museum

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Textile Museum of Canada

Cornell University

exhibit

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http://m
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http://w
ww.artic.e
du/aic/co
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artwork/6
884?searc
h_id=1&i
ndex=0 2014
http://w
ww.dayto
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nhighlights
/precolumbia
n/stirrupspoutvesselformportraithead
2014
https://w
ww.googl
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turalinstit
ute/usergalleryedit/moc
hestirrupspoutvessels/r
AJSSlEQy2014

Dumbarton Oaks, affiliated with

Harvard University

Art Institute of Chicago

Dayton Art Institute

Google Cultural Institute

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http://w
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markingmochetattoosand-bodymodificati
onancientperu
2014
http://m
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objects/as
list/searc
h$0040?t:
state:flow
=c977ca8
5-1a4143cd2014

Museo Larco

The Royal Ontario Museum

Dallas Museum of Art

http://www.museolarco.org/catalogo/b
uscador.php?flg=1

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http://w
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Text=mo
che+stirr
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+bottle 2014
http://w
ww2.liu.e
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cwp/but0
6/hillwoo
d/pre_col
umbian/e
ssay3.html 2014
http://w
ww.smm.
org/100o
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haeology/
stirrupspo
utvessel 2014
http://w
ww.penn.
museum/
sites/Moc
he/moch
eculture.h
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1998
http://w
ww.nation
almuseum
india.gov.i 2014

British Museum

Hillwood Art Museum Stirrup

Spout Vessels

Science Museum of Minnestoa

University of Pensylvannia
Museum

National Museum, Delhi

exhibit

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Stirrup spout vessel with phallus