TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hosler,Dorothy
TI  - The sounds and colors of power: the sacred metallurgical technology of ancient West Mexico 
SN  - 0585339910
AV  - F1219.3.M52 H676 1994eb
U1  - 669/.0972 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Indian metal-work
KW  - Mexico
KW  - History
KW  - Indians of Mexico
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Metallurgy
KW  - Founding
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Regions & Countries - Americas
KW  - History & Archaeology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-300) and index
N2  - "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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ER  -