The sounds and colors of power : the sacred metallurgical technology of ancient West Mexico / Dorothy Hosler.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1994.Description: x, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0262082306
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F 1219.3.M52 H676 1994
Review: "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/
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index.

"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.

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