The sounds and colors of power : the sacred metallurgical technology of ancient West Mexico /

"This major study suggests that prehispanic metallurgy was adopted in western Mexico ca. AD 600 from northern South America. Presents technical analyses and a comprehensive theory for development of Mesoamerican metallurgy. Argues that metals were a ritual and elite material that expressed sacr...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hosler, Dorothy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1994.
Subjects:
Indian metal-work > Mexico > History.
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities.
Metallurgy > Mexico > History.
Founding > Mexico > History.
Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Antiquités.
Métallurgie > Mexique > Histoire.
Fonderie > Mexique > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Metallurgy.
Antiquities.
Founding.
Indian metal-work.
Metallurgy.
Mexico.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
Mexico > Antiquities.
Mexique > Antiquités.
History.
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