1.- The North coast of this Southamerican
country features
spectacular contrasts
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a.- colonized, peopled, populated.
2.- spectacular contrasts between
fertile valleys and stark
deserts,
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3.- fertile valleys and stark
deserts, all wedged
in a thin coastal strip between the richness of the Pacific
Ocean and the high mountains of the tropics.
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c.- shows, offers.
4.- The ruins of the Moche culture
grace the outskirts
of cities on the north coast of Peru, such as Trujillo or
Chiclayo.
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5.- The Moche civilisation settled
in the fertile valleys along the river Moche surrounded
by barren desert lands.
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e.- desolate, hard, solitary.
6.- the Mochican culture is known
to us due to its well-preserved beautiful handicrafts .
They made rich human-shaped pottery of dazzling beauty.
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f.- advanced, mature, prosper.
7.- They made rich human-shaped
pottery of dazzling
beauty.
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g.- Squeezed, Packed between two.
8.- Among the figures represented
in the pottery we also see the figure of shamans
who still today use natural cures.
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h.- suburbs.
9.- shamans who still today use
natural cures and invoke the ghosts of the ancestors to
treat illness and ward
off evil spirits.
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i.- glorious, radiant, sensational
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10.- Pottery pieces were fired
in ovens and then hand painted and glazed
with vivid colours.
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j.- varnished, coated, polished.
11.- Where these artistic representations
a mere expression of the artist or did they stand for a
particular cosmogony? The answer lies with the
latter , the truth being that this abundant and well-preserved
pottery can be considered anthropomorphic.
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k.- avoid, keep at an arm's lengt
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12.- These motifs are those of
fertility and are obviously associated with the cultivation
of the land. We must remember that in the midst of the barrenness
of the surrounding lands , the Mochicans lived in
a few fertile oases
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l.- To survive; to live out of
something; to have a means of subsistence
13.- Mochicans lived in a few
fertile oases and that they managed to
make a living from cultivating them.
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m.- Family belongings
14.- cultivation provided an important
source of living. They were developed
in agriculture, fishing, trade, sea-faring and metallurgy.
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n.- the second of the two.
15.- Death meant the passing away
onto another world. Thus, in funeral ceremonies, whole families
and servants were sacrificed and a rich trousseau
was buried with them so as to be used in their new life.
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o.- show, exhibit, present.
16.- Fishermen display
their catch on the "totora" boats as if they were
improvised stalls of a market with prehistoric flavour.
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of the land around the place.
