Institute of Social Anthropology 



Publication No 3 Plate 12 





House Construction in Moche 



I'pprr iUft): Adobe hnust- uilh l'\. J' inhlr-pilvhfd rrinf and window in end will, i'ppfr <r:^lil): House entirelj' of lliiKchn. Middle ile/l): Back->ard view in pnehir^. 

 showinij siopinR roofs, \ (MHil-ilors. and r.ther fcalurcs mentioned in test. Middlf {cfntfr): 'r>pital dour. Ttie house rented by the antflor for interview purposes, 

 decor.ited h\ loca! aL.iuaintarnes witli hand-made PeruA-ian and American flags as a spontaneous token in honor of the l''44 presidential elections in the United 

 States, MuidL' in^hif: Ho isc with one linie-plaslered adolie wall. Note "saw-toothed" tup of far end of plastered wall, suggestive of Mochica construction, 

 h'^irr ilffi) "Sophistic, I ted" i> pe of -jinntka fence or wall. Note upright of sawed lumber, Lo'.veri center): Roof construct irui. inside view, showing rafters, canes 

 and peuif. Lrcer In-fin Interior of roo' structure with rme set of canes o\er s.iwed rafters. 



