Consumed by death, Moche culture revolved around warfare and human
sacrifice. The recent discovery of two Moche cemeteries and a funerary
platform at the El Brujo Site Complex demonstrate the importance of mortuary
feasting. Associated with the Middle and Late Moche funerary complex, are a
domestic platform and a large institutional kitchen with massive hearths and
abundant storage jars. Variation between the domestic platform and the
institutional kitchen suggest that feast food was specialized. Especially
common were llamas. Regional comparative data and iconography support the El
Brujo findings suggesting that a significant component of Moche
culture-including feasting-revolved around death.