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Chapter 11 - Metallurgy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2024

Karen Olsen Bruhns
Karen Olsen Bruhns
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San Francisco State University
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Metal working in South America has at least two independent foci: the Altiplano of Peru/Bolivia and the closely related coastal technologies, with an emphasis upon hammered and joined sheet metal ornaments and the very different, casting oriented, traditions of the northern Andes. These latter features gold and gold alloys whereas the Peruvian traditions also used different kinds of bronze.

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Ancient South America , pp. 180 - 193
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Metallurgy
  • Karen Olsen Bruhns, San Francisco State University
  • Book: Ancient South America
  • Online publication: 10 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511843006.012
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  • Metallurgy
  • Karen Olsen Bruhns, San Francisco State University
  • Book: Ancient South America
  • Online publication: 10 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511843006.012
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  • Metallurgy
  • Karen Olsen Bruhns, San Francisco State University
  • Book: Ancient South America
  • Online publication: 10 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511843006.012
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