Christopher B. Donnan is an archaeologist. He has researched the
Moche civilization of ancient Peru for more than fifty years, conducting numerous excavations of Peruvian archaeological sites. Donnan has traveled the world photographing Moche artwork for purposes of publication, recording both museum artifacts and private collections that would otherwise be unavailable to the public.
[Kirkpatrick, Sidney D. ''Lords of Sipan''. William Morrow & Co, 1992. ] He has published extensively, both academically and for the general public.
When not involved in writing or fieldwork, Donnan taught
anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...
at
University of California Los Angeles
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as Professor Emeritus and served as Director for the
Fowler Museum
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. He has since retired.
Publications
* ''Ancient Burial Patterns of the Moche Valley, Peru''. University of Texas Press, 1978.
* ''Burial Theme in Moche Iconography''. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1979.
* ''Ceramics of Ancient Peru''. University of California Los Angeles, 1993.
* ''Early Ceremonial Architecture in the Andes''. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985.
* ''Moche Art and Iconography''. University of California, 1976.
* ''Moche Art of Peru: Pre-Columbian Symbolic Communication''. University of California Los Angeles, 1999.
* ''Moche Fineline Painting: Its Evolution and Its Artists''. University of California Los Angeles, 1999.
* ''Moche occupation of the Santa Valley, Peru''. University of California, 1973.
* ''Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru''. University of Texas Press, 2003.
* ''Moche Tombs at Dos Cabezas''. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, 2007.
* ''The Pacatnamu Papers''. University of California Los Angeles, 1986.
References
Further reading
* Alva, Walter. ''Royal Tombs of Sipan''. University of California Los Angeles, 1993.
UCLA Faculty Anthropology webpageAwarded Guggenheim Fellowship, 1999.
External links
Moche Tombs at Dos Cabezas
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Prehistorians
University of California, Los Angeles faculty
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