Debates Around Iconography in Moche Vessels

Luis Muro Ynoñán discusses interpretations of Moche iconography depicted on stirrup-spout vessels, focusing on a deer-hunting scene from Peru's north coast. He explains scholarly debates about whether these images represent recurring artistic themes or larger mythological narratives and analyzes how the vessel portrays elite human figures, endemic deer species, hunting practices, and the desert dry-forest environment associated with Moche culture.

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    Muro Ynoñán

    Assistant Curator of South American Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago