To capture the sun : gold of ancient Panama.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

King, Duane H.

Cooke, Richard G.

Saunders, Nicholas J.

Hoopes, John W.

Quilter, Jeffery.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian goldwork--Panama--Coclé (Province).

Indian goldwork.

Gold--Panama.

Gold.

Goldwork--Panama.

Goldwork.

Panama.

Panama--Coclé (Province).

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Tulsa, Okla. : Gilcrease Museum, [2011]

Summary:

Cooke (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute), John W. Hoopes (indigenous nations studies, U. of Kansas) Jeffrey Quilter (archaeology, Harvard U.), and Nicholas J. Saunders (archaeology and anthropology, U. of Bristol) consider the role of gold in the ancient Central American country and in its conquest and colonization by Europeans. They discuss conquest, imagination, and the dawn of the modern age: the gold of Panama in its historical context; the shining dawn of American gold: metallurgy in ancient America; shimmering worlds: brilliance, power, and gold in pre-Columbian Panama; and the Gilcrease collection and Gran Cocle. No index is provided. Distributed in the US by University of Oklahoma Press. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Foreword / Duane H. King

Conquest, imagination, and the dawn of the modern age: the gold of Panama and its historical context / John W. Hoopes

The shining dawn of American gold: metallurgy in ancient America / Jeffrey Quilter

Shimmering worlds: brilliance, power, and gold in pre-Columbian Panama / Nicholas J. Saunders

The Gilcrease Collection and Gran Coclé / Richard G. Cooke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780981979908

0981979904

9780981979915

0981979912

OCLC:

714723277

Publisher Number:

99945977380