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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786292203321

Titolo

Archaeometallurgy in Mesoamerica [[electronic resource] ] : current approaches and new perspectives / / edited by Aaron N. Shugar and Scott E. Simmons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013

ISBN

1-4571-7405-7

1-60732-210-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShugarAaron N

SimmonsScott E

Disciplina

972/.01

Soggetti

Indian metal-work - Mexico - History - To 1500

Indian metal-work - Central America - History - To 1500

Metallurgy in archaeology - Mexico

Metallurgy in archaeology - Central America

Indians of Mexico - Antiquities

Indians of Central America - Antiquities

Excavations (Archaeology) - Mexico

Excavations (Archaeology) - Central America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Archaeometallurgy in Ancient Mesoamerica / Scott E. Simmons and Aaron N. Shugar -- An Interdisciplinary Survey of a Copper-Smelting Site in West Mexico : The Case of Jicalán el Viejo, Michoacán / Hans Roskamp and Mario Retiz -- Mining and Metallurgy, and the Evidence for Their Development in West Mexico / Blanca Maldonado -- The Production of Copper at El Coyote, Honduras : Processing, Dating, and Political Economy / Patricia Urban, Aaron N. Shugar, Laura Richardson, and Edward Schortman -- Late Prehistoric K'iche' Metal Working at Utatlán, Guatemala / John M. Weeks -- Archaeometallurgy at Lamanai, Belize : New Discoveries and Insights from the Southern Maya Lowland Area / Scott E. Simmons and Aaron N. Shugar -- Breaking the Mold : The Socioeconomic Significance of Metal Artifacts at Mayapán /



Elizabeth H. Paris and Carlos Peraza Lope -- How "Real" Does It Get? Portable XRF Analysis of Thin-Walled Copper Bells from the Aztec Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlán, Mexico / Niklas Schulze -- Mesoamerican Metallurgy Today / Dorothy Hosler.