Hosler, Dorothy. <br/><br/>
The sounds and colors of power :  the sacred metallurgical technology of ancient West Mexico / 
Dorothy Hosler. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  MIT Press,  c1994. 
 - x, 310 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index. 
<br/><br/> "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 sacredness and social relations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.  http://www.loc.gov/hlas/ 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0262082306 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94025455 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indian metal-work--History.--Mexico<br/>Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.<br/>Metallurgy--History.--Mexico<br/>Founding--History.--Mexico
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mexico--Antiquities.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F 1219.3.M52  / H676 1994