Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Pre-Columbian Art | Graduate Advisor, Spring 2008

Department of Art & Art History

sbourget@mail.utexas.edu

- Office: DFA 1.110

- Phone: +1 512-232-2592

- Mail Code: - D1300

Associate Professor Steve Bourget earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Montreal in 1994, studying Moche archaeology and iconography. Between 1995 and 1998, his archeological research at Huaca de la Luna, the principal ceremonial center of the Moche culture, resulted in the discovery of a massive sacrificial site associated with high-status burials. The results of this research have led to new insights into the socio-symbolic dimensions of landscape, of the nature of Moche religion and iconography. These investigations have also been the subject of a number of documentaries produced for the Learning Channel, Discover Magazine, National Geographic Channel, etc.

In 2004, Dr. Bourget initiated a new archaeological project at Huaca el Pueblo, one of the most important ceremonial-administrative centers in the Zaña Valley between the first and the eighth century. One of the main objectives of this research is to study the political and cultural development of the Moche north the the Pampa of Paijan. For more information about this new archaeological research, please visit the project's website:

Professor Bourget will serve as the Graduate Advisor for the M.A. and PH.D. Art History programs in Spring 2008.

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Recent Publications:

2006

Sex, Death and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture. University of Texas Press, Austin.

2005

Who Were the Priests, the Warriors and the Prisoners ? A Peculiar Problem of Identity in Moche Culture and Iconography, North Coast of Peru. In Us and Them: Archaeology and Ethnicity in the Andes. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles.

2004

But is it Art? The Complex Roles of Images in Moche Culture, an Ancient Andean Society of the Peruvian North Coast. Proceedings of the Conference: The Anthropologies of Art. Clark Studies in the Visual Arts. Clark Art Institute.

2001

Children and Ancestors: Ritual Practices at the Moche Site of Huaca de la Luna, North Coast of Peru. In Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru: New Discoveries and Interpretations. Edited by E. P. Benson and A. Cook. University of Texas Press, Texas.

2001

Rituals of Sacrifice: Its Practice at Huaca de la Luna and Its Representation in Moche Iconography. In Moche Art and Archaeology. Edited by Joanne Pillsbury. Studies in the History of Art. Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts: 88-109. National Gallery of Art, Washington.