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

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Hosler, Dorothy

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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1994.Description: 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0585339910
9780585339917
0262275767
9780262275767

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sounds and colors of power.DDC classification:

669/.0972 20

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F1219.3.M52 H676 1994eb

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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 (pages 283-300) and index.

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"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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