Religion
The Moche had a very organized religion. The reason why they know that is Because they had pictures. The preists and warriors were very revered and honored. The people that wished to be pregnant smoked the Pipes of Fertility, they thought the pipes had magical powers to help them have babies.
The Moche worship a figure called the decapitator. Mainly depicted as spiders but also either an sea monster or a winged creature. When the body is shown it has a knife in one hand and in the other it is holding a head by its hair. Some see this as the human sacrifice of foriegn soldiers or tribal citizen. The Lord of Sipan is spirtual , and a military leader and civil leader of the Moche. The Lord of Sipan drinks the blood of the sacrificed human. This sacrifice is believed to pacify the decapitator.
The Moche worship a figure called the decapitator. Mainly depicted as spiders but also either an sea monster or a winged creature. When the body is shown it has a knife in one hand and in the other it is holding a head by its hair. Some see this as the human sacrifice of foriegn soldiers or tribal citizen. The Lord of Sipan is spirtual , and a military leader and civil leader of the Moche. The Lord of Sipan drinks the blood of the sacrificed human. This sacrifice is believed to pacify the decapitator.
Social Classes
The priests and warriors and other importantpeople were part of the upper class. The middle classes were mostly made up of artisans. The middle classes mostly surronded the upper class. The working class lived around the middle class. They lived in this order farmers and fishermen were surrounded by the servants, and they were surronded by the slaves and beggers.
The preists and warriors are highly revered, honored and obeyed. The urban classes were the people that lived the closests to the cermonial pyramids and other kinds of temples. The reasons they knew the people were rich and wealthy was because of the fine jewerly and clothing on the ceramics.
Language
The language they spoke was the ancient language Chimus. Similar to the language of Eten and Eteng.
Technology
The Moche made ceramics and works in metal.
Concept Of Time
The Moche did not have a clock. They only had one calender
Leisure Time
When the Moche people had free time they made ceramics.
City Life
They didn't really have a city life because they were seperated by classes. The different classes didn't really interact.
