TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hosler,Dorothy
TI  - The sounds and colors of power: the sacred metallurgical technology of ancient West Mexico 
SN  - 0262082306
AV  - F 1219.3.M52 H676 1994
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Indian metal-work
KW  - Mexico
KW  - History
KW  - Indians of Mexico
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Metallurgy
KW  - Founding
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index
N2  - "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
ER  -