Pre-Columbian Metallurgy of South America

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-88402-506-1
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 241 mm

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia

Metallurgy is an important indicator of the art of high cultures wherever it appears in Pre-Columbian South America. From Early Horizon sheet-gold disks, spoons, plaques, and ear ornaments that show Chavín deities and themes to the gold and silver walls at the temples of Cuzco, metallurgy was a site of technological innovation and development. This volume’s six papers investigate social and political implications of metallurgy, focusing on questions of the significance of metal objects in society, what they were used for, who had them, and the relationships of metalworking to the society as a whole.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benson, Elizabeth P

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Benson, Elizabeth P
Elizabeth P. Benson (1924–2018) was Andrew S. Keck Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art History at the American University in Washington, D.C., and the inaugural Director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks.