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UNINA9910828083603321 |
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Autore |
Lleras Perez Roberto |
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Titolo |
Metallurgy in Ancient Ecuador : A Study of the Collection of Archaeological Metallurgy of the Ministry of Culture, Ecuador |
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Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 pages) |
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Collana |
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Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology ; ; v.5 |
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Metallurgy - Ecuador - History |
Indian metal-work |
Ecuador Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Resumen en español -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The collection of the Ministry of Culture -- Figure 1 Museo Nacional del Ecuador in Quito, house of the collection of pre-Hispanic archaeological metal objects -- Figure 2 Provenances of metallic objects of the collection of the Ministry of Culture of Ecuador -- Previous studies on the pre-Hispanic metallurgy of Ecuador -- Figure 3 Olaf Holm, one of the pioneers of the study of metal artefacts in Ecuador -- Metallogenesis and metal resources in Ecuador -- Figure 4 Chimborazo the highest strato-volcano in Ecuador -- metal deposits are associated to volcanic activity. -- Figure 5 Alluvial river placers like this one in the lowlands of the Pacific coast abound in gold and platinum. -- Early finds and the Initial Period -- Great Regional Groups: La Tolita -Tumaco -- Geographic Distribution -- Chronology -- Technology -- Typology and classification -- Figure 6 Provenances of La Tolita - Tumaco -- Figure 7 Provenance of La Tolita - Tumaco metal objects in southern Colombia -- Figure 8 La Tolita - Tumaco gold anthropomorphic mask with extensions imitating the rays of the sun: 40 x 60 x 0.3 cms. -- Figure 9 La Tolita - Tumaco gold and platinum zoomorphic mask: 7.5 x 5.5 x 4 cms. -- Figure 10 La Tolita - Tumaco gold and platinum with sodalite inlays anthropomorphic mask: |
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9.6 x 9 x 5.6 cms. -- Figures 11 and 12 La Tolita - Tumaco gold ear pendants: 16 x 4.6 x 1.2 and 16.2 x 4 x 1.2 cms. -- Figure 13 La Tolita - Tumaco gold and platinum zoomorphic mask, two components: 4.7 x 8.1 x 0.3 and 5.3 x 7.7 x 2.6 cms. -- Figure 14 La Tolita - Tumaco gold and platinum anthropomorphic mask: 19.8 x 19.8 x 9.6 cms. -- Figure 15 La Tolita - Tumaco gold crest for diadem: 22.3 x 32 x 0.2 cms. |
Figure 16 La Tolita - Tumaco gold necklace: 1.9 x 78 x 0.1 cms. -- Figure 17 La Tolita - Tumaco gold zoomorphic figure: 4.4 x 4.2 x 21.7 cms. -- Figure 18 La Tolita - Tumaco copper axe: 11 x 7 x 2.5 cms. -- Great Regional Groups: Jama - Coaque -- Geographical distribution -- Chronology -- Technology -- Typology and classification -- Figure 19 Provenances of Jama - Coaque metal objects -- Figure 20 Jama - Coaque gold pendants: 9 x 7 x 6 -- 13 x 7.5 x 4 and 12.8 x 7.9 x 4.4 cms. -- Figure 21 Jama - Coaque gold bowl: 3.4 x 12 cms. -- Figures 22 and 23 Jama - Coaque gold ear pendants: -- Figure 24 Jama - Coaque gold breastplate with zoomorphic figure: -- Great Regional Groups: Bahia -- Geographic distribution -- Chronology -- Technology -- Figure 25 Provenance of Bahia metal objects -- Figure 26 Bahia silver votive figure shaped as a raft: 6.8 x 10 x 19 cms. -- Figure 27 Bahia gold snail cover: 9.5 x 10.2 x 21.2 cms. -- Figure 28 Bahia silver chest guard: 8.7 x 17.4 x 0.3 cms. -- Figure 29 Bahia gold pair of ear pendants: 12.8 x 3.4 x 3.3 and 12.6 x 3.7 x 3 cms. -- Great Regional Groups: Milagro - Quevedo -- Geographic Distribution -- Chronology -- Technology -- Typology and classification -- Figure 30 Provenance of Milagro - Manatňo -- Figure 31 Milagro - Quevedo copper crucible: 3.2 x 12 x 12 cms. -- Figure 32 Milagro - Quevedo copper mould: 1.2 x 7.7 x 17.1 cms. -- Figure 33 Milagro - Quevedo copper staff: 30 x 11.1 x 2.8 cms. -- Figure 34 Milagro - Quevedo copper axe-monies: 10.5 x 10 x 0.5 -- 9.2 x 8.3 x 05 and 10.9 x 10 x 0.5 cms. -- Figure 35 Milagro - Quevedo gold nose ornament: 4 x 5.6 x 0.4 cms. -- Figure 36 Milagro - Quevedo gold spiral nose ornament: 2.6 x 1.4 x 0.1 cms. -- Great Regional Groups: Manteño - Huancavilca -- Geographic Distribution -- Chronology -- Technology -- Typology and classification. |
Figure 36 provenances for Manteño - Huancavilca metal objects -- Figure 38 Manteño - Huancavilca silver and copper mask with crown: 30.5 x 18.3 x 15.3 cms. -- Figure 39 Manteño - Huancavilca silver and copper mask with crown: -- Figure 40 Manteño - Huancavilca silver breastplate: 23.3 x 23 x 0.9 cms. -- Figure 41 Manteño - Huancavilca silver plaque: 13 x 31 x 0.1 cms. -- Figure 42 Manteño - Huancavilca copper axe: 14 x 16.3 x 0.6 cms. -- Figure 43 Manteño - Huancavilca copper breastplate, tinculpa style: -- Great Regional Groups: Puruha -- Geographic Distribution -- Chronology -- Technology -- Typology and classification -- Figure 44 Provenance of Puruha metal objects -- Figure 45 - Puruha gold spear throwers: 45 x 1.4 -- 46 x 1.4 and 45 x 1.8 cms. -- Figure 46 - Puruha giant copper tupo: 45.8 x 13.5 x 1 cms. -- Figure 47 - Puruha copper crown: 21 x 16.3 cms. -- Figures 48 and 49 - Puruha gold ear pendants with zoomorphic figures: 7.2 x 6.5 x 2.9 and 6.7 x 6.7 x w2.9 cms. -- Figures 50 and 51 - Puruha gold and silver ear pendants: -- Figure 52 - Puruha gold and silver nose ornament: 5.1 x 5.8 x 0.2 cms. -- Figure 53 - Puruha gold anthropomorphic pendant: 4.2 x 4 x 1 cms. -- Great Regional Groups: Cañari -- Geographic Distribution -- Chronology -- Technology -- Typology and classification -- Figure 54 Povenance of Cañari metal objects -- Figure 55 - Cañari gold diadem: 6.9 x 9.7 x 1.3 cms. -- Figure 56 - Cañari gold with Spondylus inlays ear pendant lid: 6.3 x 1 cms. -- Figure 57 - Cañari gold ear pendant lid: 8.8 x 0.3 cms. -- |
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Figure 58 - Cañari gold pendant with anthropomorphic figures: 7.4 x 6.9 x 0.4 cms. -- Great Regional Groups: Carchi - Nariño -- Geographic Distribution -- Chronology -- Technology -- Typology and classification -- Figure 59 Provenenace of Carchi - Nariño metal objects. |
Figure 60 Figure 59 Provenenace of Carchi - Nariño metal objects in southern Colombia -- Figure 61 - Carchi - Nariño gold mask: 14.6 x 9.4 x 1.8 cms. -- Figure 62 - Carchi - Nariño tombac ear pendants, tinculpa style: -- Figure 63 - Carchi - Nariño gold ear pendants with zoomorphic figures: -- Figure 64 Carchi - Nariño tombac nose ornament: 6.5 x 16 x 0.5 cms. -- Figure 65 Carchi - Nariño tombac necklace: 11 x 5 x 0.5 cms. -- Figure 66 Carchi - Nariño gold pendant shaped as a bird: 13.3 x 16.8 x 0.5 cms. -- Figure 67 Carchi - Nariño gold pendant shaped as a bird: 13.2 x 11.4 x 1.8 cms. -- Figure 68 Carchi - Nariño tombac breastplate: 24.5 x 28 x 0.8 cms. -- Isolated finds and problematic Groups -- The Coast -- The Sierra -- Discussion -- Figure 69 Provenance of metal objects with no cultural attribution -- The Inca metallurgical integration -- Geographic Distribution -- Technology -- Typology and classification -- Figure 70 - Provenance of Inca metal objects -- Figure 71 Inca silver ceremonial vase (kero): 17.8 x 16.7 cms. -- Figure 72 Inca silver arivaloid bottle: 39 x 29 cms. -- Figure 73 Inca gold and silver votive figures: 2.9 x 1 x 1 and 2.9 x 1 x 1 cms. -- Figure 74 Inca gold tupo: 13.5 x 1.6 x 3 cms. -- Figure 75 Inca bronze axe: 8.4 x 8.2 x 0.3 cms. -- Figure 76 Inca bronze head breaker: 2.6 x 9.4 x 1.5 cms. -- Iconography and symbolism in metallurgy -- Synthesis -- An interpretative proposal for the development of metallurgy in Ecuador -- References. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study aims to collect and systematise the existing general knowledge about pre-Hispanic metallurgy of Ecuador and the specific data concerning the collection of the Banco Central. The result is the most comprehensive book on Ecuadorian metallurgy to date. |
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