1. Textiles chimúes con plumas decoloradas con técnica tapirage , Huaca de la Luna, Perú.
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Gomez Casaverde, Yazmin, Rengifo, Carlos, Salinas, Letty, Moulherat, Christophe, and Berthier, Serge
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This article focuses on the tapirage feathers of miniature textiles with feather art found in the Huaca de la Luna temple of the Huacas de Moche archaeological complex, Moche Valley, Peru, associated with the Chimú occupation (AD 1000–1440 AD). The tapirage is a biological manipulation technique that alters the color of the feathers of some Psittacidae species of the genus Ara and Amazona , a technique that is practiced by certain Amazonian groups. To confirm the existence of tapirage feathers in these textiles, macroscopic and microscopic taxonomic identification analyses were carried out. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and digital microscopy archaeometric analyses were applied to identify changes in the feathers' microstructures. The results show that Chimú textiles of Huaca de la Luna include tapirage feathers, which allows us to examine exchange relationships between groups of the Peruvian north coast and the Amazon regions, as well as to contribute to interpretations about the meanings of these feathers in the rituals of the Chimú culture, for their symbolic value and the ability of coastal communities to access these goods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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