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Hosler, Dorothy.

The sounds and colors of power : the sacred metallurgical technology of ancient West Mexico / Dorothy Hosler. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1994. - 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. http://www.loc.gov/hlas


English.

ISBN: 0585339910 9780585339917 0262275767 9780262275767

LCCN: 94025455

Nat. Bib. No.: GB95-41099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indian metal-work--History.--Mexico
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Metallurgy--History.--Mexico
Founding--History.--Mexico
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Metallurgy.
Antiquities.
Founding.
Indian metal-work.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Metallurgy.
Mexico.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mexico--Antiquities.
Mexico.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F1219.3.M52 / H676 1994eb

Dewey Class. No.: 669/.0972