![]() ![]() Interestingly, this ignores what we know archaeologically about Moche warfare-which included the use of spears and darts propelled by throwing sticks, as well as slings used to propel stones with astonishing force. It focuses on hand-to-hand combat between two individuals, using cone-headed clubs as weapons and small shields for defense. Instead, it seems that a lot of Moche combat imagery has ritual meaning. The imagery of combat is, in large part, related to that ideology, but not as a call to conquest. Other areas seem to have simply been colonized in uninhabited areas, or Moche culture was adopted by local elites who were impressed by the ideology. However, it now appears that only some Moche expansion was due to military action. Early scholars assumed that armed conquest was the mechanism of power for the Moche state and Moche art certainly has a great deal of imagery relating to armed combat. ![]()
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