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Tarascan Copper Metallurgy

A study which provides valuable insights into the nature of metal production and the development of technology and political economy in ancient Mesoamerica, offering a contribution to general anthropological theories of the emergence of social complexity.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maldonado, Blanca Estela
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2019.
Series:Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Approaches to the study of technology and craft production
  • Synopsis of preindustrial metallurgy as applied to Mesoamerica
  • Tarascan copper smelting at the zone of Itzipart̀zico : a case study
  • Methods of technological organization
  • Conclusions, remarks, and suggestions for future research.