Precolumbian gold : technology, style and iconography / edited by Colin McEwan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McEwan, Colin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian goldwork.

Central America.

South America.

Goldwork--South America--Congresses.

Indian goldwork--South America--Congresses.

Indian goldwork--Central America--Congresses.

Local Subjects:

Goldwork--South America--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

248 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : British Museum, 2000.

Contents:

Ancestors past but present: gold diadems from the far south coast of Peru / Colin McEwan, Joerg Haeberli

The technology, iconography and social significance of metals: a multi-dimensional analysis of middle Sicán objects / Izumi Shimada, Jo Ann Griffin, Adon Gordus

The goldwork of Chimor: the technology and iconography of wealth accumulation / Karen O'Day

Clothed metal and the iconography of human form among the Incas / Penny Dransart

Malagana and the goldworking tradition of southwest Colombia / Warwick Bray

The iconography and symbolism of metallic votive offerings in the eastern Cordillera, Colombia / Roberto Lleras-Pérez

The gold of greater Zenú: prehispanic metallurgy in the Caribbean lowlands of Colombia / Ana María Falchetti

Contextualized goldwork from 'Gran Coclé', Panama: an update based on recent excavations and new radiocarbon dates for associated pottery styles / Richard Cooke, Luís Alberto Sánchez Herrera, Koichi Udagawa

The general and the queen: gold objects from a ceremonial and mortuary complex in southern Costa Rica / Jeffrey Quilter

Gold symbolism among Caribbean chiefdoms: of feathers, C̦ibas, and Guanín power among Taíno elites / José R. Oliver

Diversity of goldsmithing traditions in the Americas and the old world / Susan La Niece, Nigel Meeks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0714125342

OCLC:

42445143