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The sounds and colors of power : the sacred metallurgical technology of ancient West Mexico / Dorothy Hosler. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hosler, Dorothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metallurgy--Mexico--History.
- Metallurgy.
- Founding--Mexico--History.
- Founding.
- Metal-work--Mexico.
- Metal-work.
- Indian metal-work--Mexico--History.
- Indian metal-work.
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Mexico--Antiquities.
- Mexico.
- Indian metal-work--History--Mexico.
- Indians of Mexico--Antiquities--Mexico.
- Metallurgy--History--Mexico.
- Founding--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 310 p. ) ill., maps ;
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This major study suggests that prehispanic metallurgy was adopted in western Mexico ca. AD 600 from northern South America. Presents technical analyses and a comprehensive theory for development of Mesoamerican metallurgy. Argues that metals were a ritual and elite material that expressed sacredness and social relations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-262-27576-7
- 0-585-33991-0
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