#mochica

[ybonnie7]

Chavimochic: la vista de un dron de los campos de caña de azúcar muestra un acueducto de adobe prehispánico a la derecha y pequeños canales alimentadores en los campos modernos. Ari Caramanica

Chavimochic: memoria hidráulica antes de la modernidad

[queerasfact]

These little statues are ceramics made by the Moche people of first-millennium Peru. For a long time, conservative scholars weren’t willing to talk about them because so many of them show all different types of sex: anything from sex between monkeys to sex between skeletons to monkey-skeleton-sex, and a whole bunch of stuff that seems pretty queer.

This particular one shows two men embracing – it’s not as explicit as many of the other works, but for a long time scholars categorised this as a depiction of conjoined twins, despite it looking the same as a bunch of other pots identified as people embracing!

It’s difficult to be sure what the Moche had in mind when making these pots, and but it does seem that some depict male-male sex and relationships, while others show trans or non-binary people!

If you want to learn more, check out our podcast on queerness in Moche ceramics!

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[afaljaarad]

El extraño mundo de la cerámica erótica moche

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Drawing Mochica

[jadeseadragon]

Moche Earthenware Stirrup-spouted Cat Jugs

The Moche civilization, also known as Early Chimu or Mochica, flourished from approximately 100 to 800 CE in the Northern coastal regions of Peru.

Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita)

Pampas cat (Leopardus colocola)

Also known as the Peruvian desert cat, this small feline is native to South America and can be found in Peru. The Peruvian pampas cat lives on high plateaus and can be up to 5000 meters above sea level.