Title: Metalurgia de america precolombina /
Authors: International Congress of Americanists
Date: 1986
Publisher: Banco de la República,
Physical description: 417, [17] p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language: Spanish
Contents: Perspectives on the precolumbian metallurgy of the Americas / Heather Lechtman -- Intentional production of bronze in Mezoamerica [sic] / D.M.K. de Grinberg, R.E. Rubinovich and A.A. Gasca -- Cultural organization of technology: copper alloys in ancient west Mexico / Dorothy Hosler -- The comparative iconography of metalwork and other media in precolumbian Costa Rica / Michael J. Snarskis -- The spread "eagled bird motif" in the goldwork of Panamá and Costa Rica / Richard G. Cooke -- A radiographic study of hollow-cast gold pendants from Sitio Conte / Ellen G. Howe -- Cultural patterns in the prehispanic goldwork of Colombia / Clemencia Plazas and Ana María Falchetti -- A comparison of two Tairona figures / Robert Sonin -- Fusion gilding and foil gilding in prehispanic Colombia and Ecuador / David A. Scott -- Form and technique in precolumbian metalwork: a comparison between Calima and Sican approaches / John Lunsford -- An investigation in joining metals / Jo Ann Griffin -- Precolumbian metalwork in the southern Andes : a regional synthesis / Luis Rodríguez.
Notes: In Spanish and English.
Subject headings (LCSH): Indians of Central America--History--Congresses.; Indians of Mexico--History--Congresses.; Indians of South America--History--Congresses.; Indians--Industries--History--Congresses.; Metal-work--America--History--Congresses.; Metal-work--Latin America--History--Congresses.; Metallurgy--America--History--Congresses.; Metallurgy--Latin America--History--Congresses.