Ornaments of Power of the Lady of Cao: Maces

Maces form part of the group of offensive weapons (Pérez, 1999: 325–26) most frequently represented in Moche war scenes (Donnan, 2004; Golte,...

Ornaments of power of the Lady of Cao: Atlatls and Darts

The atlatls, also known as spear-throwers or dart-throwers (Chamussy, 2012: 47), are part of a set of offensive weapons composed of two pieces and ...

The Cataloguing of Ceramics at El Brujo

As part of the initiatives undertaken by The Wiese Foundation in 2025, the “Comprehensive Cataloguing Project of Museum Objects at the El Bru...

New study in the prestigious journal Quaternary International proposes a refined chronology for the Moche culture

We are pleased to announce the publication of a significant article in the scientific journal Quaternary International, led by M. Koons, which pres...

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Elite sacrifices: The Lady of Cao's female companion

The funerary context of the Lady of Cao   In 2004, the discovery of the burial of an elite figure in the second edifice of Huaca Cao Vie...

Jewels and ornaments of the Lady of Cao: the necklaces

Ornaments play a relevant role given that they transmit valuable information about who wears them (Jiménez, 2012), about the diversity of resources...

The evolution of the containers in Ancient Peru: from mate (gourd) to ceramic? (I)

By Carlos Fuentes Romero Traditionally, it is thought that, before the advent of ceramics in Peru, around the seventeenth century B.C., mates (gou...