Sounds and Colors of Power

Description:

"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.

subjects: History,  Antiquities,  Metallurgy,  Indians of Mexico,  Indian metal-work,  Founding,  Mexico, antiquities,  Metallurgy, history,  Metal-work

Places: Mexico