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What would be the best name for an article to discuss Moche pyramids [1]? gren 21:38, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Hi Grenavitar, add some stuff here, it's a great starting point and if we get enough info we can expand it into its own article. --194.66.208.11 09:58, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Dating issues

I've seen we've had a bit of a conflict with the old BCE/BC and AD/CE issue. I added the AD BC stuff to a page that already had BCE and CE, there is no official wikipedia guidelines on this but i feel we should stick to one format (blame me for the trouble). so we have to decide whether to stick with the original BCE CE or AD BC, i prefer the latter but the page started on the former and would probably go for that. --194.66.208.11 09:58, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

You almost always use CE/BCE for archeological articles. That is the dating used in the literature (except for some of the things for a popular audience of course) and using it avoids the mental conversion. Of course, an exception might be an archeological dig from the middle ages in Europe. But it is almost always used when talking about pre-Christian cultures. But don't sweat it, the content is much more important than these stylistic things. -- Zenyu 14:02, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
BTW I am very impressed that you use AD correctly :) -- Zenyu 14:15, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Updating the article

Hey folks,

I don't know if anyone is still working on this article, but I'm an archaeology student who will be doing field research in the Moche valley this summer (2006), and I'm interested in seriously expanding the entry here. If someone's working on it now and wants help, or wants to give me a hand, let me know. It could turn into quite a project; there's a lot of published literature on this topic and its various sub-topics.

I'll start work on it in the fall (Sept'06) when I get back and things calm down some.

[edit] Explicitness

I think this article should feature a map of the extent of the Moche civilization.

[edit] Ai apaec

I've read about a Moche deity called Ai Apaec. Does anyone know what is his relation to the lord of sipan? Im not an expert on the subject.

[edit] Re: Ai Apaec

I'm curious as to where you read about Ai Apaec. The Moche didn't have a writing system, and scholars aren't entirely sure what language they spoke, so it was my understanding that no one knew the actual names of Moche deities. Was this an unoffical name someone has decided to use?


There are many references about the god Ai Apaec. I found these links in a google search but there are many others:

              http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.deperu.com/arqueologia/aiapae.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dai%2Bapaec%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

              http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://diosesdelperu.blogspot.com/2005/03/ai-apaec-el-decapitador.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmitologia%2Bandina%2Bai%2Bapaec%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

            But I don't have any sources that are officially academic.  I wonder if Ai Apaec is just a name from New Age spirituality and not archeological.

[edit] Moche or Mohica Culture

I have reverted it again to Moche and here is why: Virtually all the links are to Moche because that is how this culture is known in the English language. Also Google shows 10,000 links for Mochica Culture but 2.8 million for Moche. Clearly the primary name. Rmhermen 23:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC)