Garth Bawden is a native of Cornwall, Great Britain. Following a career in physical medicine he began a second career in anthropology. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is currently Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. He has worked extensively in Saudi Arabia and the Andean regions of South America. His interests include the evolution of social complexity and the role of ideology in the development of Andean civilizations.

" It is doubly welcome because Garth Bawden, himself a Moche specialist, has done a masterful job of condensing and interpreting the great number of scholarly publications on the Moche into a book which will serve the interested public, students at various levels of study, and specialists alike." Jeffrey Quilter, Pre-Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks

• Preface. Part I: The Moche World:.1. Introduction: Encountering the Moche.2. The Andean Natural World as Culture.3. Life and Work in Moche Society.4. Symbols of Power.5. Rituals of Power.Part II: History of the Moche:.6. The Moche Historical Tradition.7. The Emergence of Moche Society.8. Moche Florescent.9. Collapse and Reconstitution in the Late Moche Period.10. End and Beginning: The Passing of the Moche Era.11. Postscript: The Moche Legacy.Bibliography.Figure Captions.