Lo humano y lo divino : metalurgia y cosmogonía en la América antigua / Ana María Falchetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falchetti, Ana María, author.

Contributor:

Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, issuing body.

Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, issuing body.

Series:

Arqueología y patrimonio (Bogotá, Colombia)

Arqueología y patrimonio

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Indian metal-work--History.

Indian metal-work.

Metallurgy--America--History.

Metallurgy.

Indians--Antiquities.

Indians.

Indian cosmology.

Indian mythology.

History.

America.

Physical Description:

318 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Primera edición.

Place of Publication:

Bogotá, D.C., Colombia : Ediciones Uniandes : Publicaciones Facultad de Ciencias Sociales : Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia - ICANH, 2018.

Language Note:

Spanish with a summary in English.

Summary:

"The ancient metallurgy of the American continent, with several millennia of development and extensive dispersion, has a great symbolic richness; the mythologies of different contemporary indigenous groups have maintained symbolic elements belonging to belief systems that date back to ancient populations. In this book a comprehensive analysis of the symbolism of metals and metallurgy is proposed based on the study of these mythologies, complemented by archaeological and historical information, basic cosmogonic principles and a symbolic structure that integrate various regional interpretations according to the beliefs of particular indigenous groups; symbolic context, the choice of metals, of their combinations and mixtures, of the technologies used to prepare the raw material and to elaborate and finish the objects are linked to the agreed emphasis on certain cosmogonic principles favored by specific communities " (HKB Translation) --Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introducción : metalurgia y mitología

Variedad tecnológica en la metalurgia de la América antigua

Metales y energías de colores

Lunas de plata y cobre : gestación en el universo

Color, brillo, olor, textura y sonido

Tecnología, selección y mensaje simbólico

Lo humano y lo divino.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-318)

ISBN:

9789588852546

9588852544

OCLC:

1048899719