LEADER 03483nam 2200517 450 001 9910794001403321 005 20220715222519.0 010 $a1-78491-626-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000009076131 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5845629 035 $a(OCoLC)1114971095 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5845629 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009076131 100 $a20190703h20182018 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aTarascan Copper Metallurgy $eA multiapproach perspective /$fBlanca Estela Maldonado 210 1$aOxford :$cArchaeopress Publishing Ltd,$d[2018] 210 4$d©2018 215 $a1 online resource (155 pages) $cillustrations (some color), maps (some color) 225 1 $aArchaeopress Pre-Columbian archaeology ;$v10 311 $a1-78491-625-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Approaches to the study of technology and craft production -- Synopsis of preindustrial metallurgy as applied to Mesoamerica -- Tarascan copper smelting at the zone of Itzipart?zico : a case study -- Methods of technological organization -- Conclusions, remarks, and suggestions for future research. 330 8 $aIn the early sixteenth century much of West Mexico was under the rule of the Purhepecha Empire, known to Europeans as the Tarascan Kingdom of Michuacan. Both archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence indicate that during the Late Postclassic Period (A.D. 1350-1525) this political unit was the primary center for metallurgy and metalworking in Mesoamerica. This technology was largely based on copper and its alloys. 'Tarascan Copper Metallurgy: A multiapproach perspective' focuses on evidence recovered from the area surrounding Santa Clara del Cobre, a Tarascan community in Central Michoacan. This pioneer research required the employment of multiple strands of evidence, including archaeological survey and excavation, ethnoarchaeology, experimental replication, and archaeometallurgy. Intensive surface survey located concentrations of manufacturing byproducts (i.e. slag) on surface that represented potential production areas. Stratigraphic excavation and subsequent archaeometallurgical analysis of physical remains were combined with ethnohistorical and ethnoarchaeological data, as well as comparative analogy, to propose a model for prehispanic copper production among the Tarascans. The goal of this analysis was to gain insights into the nature of metal production and its role in the major state apparatus. The study provides valuable insights into the development of technology and political economy in ancient Mesoamerica and offers a contribution to general anthropological theories of the emergence of social complexity. 410 0$aArchaeopress Pre-Columbian archaeology ;$v10. 606 $aMetallurgy in archaeology$zMexico 606 $aCopper$xMetallurgy 606 $aPurépecha Indians$xAntiquities 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zMexico 615 0$aMetallurgy in archaeology 615 0$aCopper$xMetallurgy. 615 0$aPurépecha Indians$xAntiquities. 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a972/.370049796 700 $aMaldonado$b Blanca$01478631 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794001403321 996 $aTarascan Copper Metallurgy$93694387 997 $aUNINA