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Title:
Archaeometallurgy in Mesoamerica : current approaches and new perspectives / edited by Aaron N. Shugar and Scott E. Simmons.
Publisher:
University Press of Colorado,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
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.
Mexico--Antiquities.
Central America--Antiquities.
Other Authors:
Shugar, Aaron N.
Simmons, Scott E.
Society for American Archaeology. Meeting (73rd : 2008 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Notes:
Papers presented at a workshop symposium entitled Current Archaeometallurgical Research in Mesoamerica : New Approaches, Discoveries and Perspectives" held at the 73rd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Mar. 28, 2008, in Vancouver, B.C. Cf. acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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 Jical©Łn el Viejo, Michoac©Łn / 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' metalworking at Utatl©Łn, 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 Mayap©Łn / 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, Tenochtitl©Łn, Mexico / Niklas Schulze -- Mesoamerican metallurgy today / Dorothy Hosler.
ISBN:
1607322005 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9781607322009 (cloth : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)793224813
LCCN:
2012038984
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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