Recherches sur l’élite de la société mochica

Flies, Mochicas and burial practices: a case study from Huaca de la Luna, Peru

“…Since 1999, a Franco-Peruvian team, headed by the French archaeologist Claude Chauchat, has been excavating at the foot of Huaca de la Luna, in a sector approximating the area formerly investigated by Max Uhle at the end of the XIXth century Gutierrez, 2007, 2008a,b;Chauchat et al, 2008). Between 1999 and 2009, 57 graves were discovered and excavated on the eastern half of the platform, 1 and at the foot of the Huaca.…”