Ancient metalworking in South America: A 3000-year-old copper mask from the Argentinian Andes

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Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America first developed in the Andes, and Peru has long been considered to be the initial point of origin. The recent discovery of an anthropomorphic copper mask in north-west Argentina, however, draws new attention to the southern Andes as a centre of early metalworking....

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Autores principales: Cortes, Leticia Ines, Scattolin, Maria Cristina
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Antiquity Trust 2017
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3000 BP
ARGENTINA
METALLURGY
PRE-HISPANIC
SOUTHERN ANDES
TECHNOLOGY
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/39789
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/39789
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Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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topic 3000 BP
ARGENTINA
METALLURGY
PRE-HISPANIC
SOUTHERN ANDES
TECHNOLOGY
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
spellingShingle 3000 BP
ARGENTINA
METALLURGY
PRE-HISPANIC
SOUTHERN ANDES
TECHNOLOGY
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Cortes, Leticia Ines
Scattolin, Maria Cristina
Ancient metalworking in South America: A 3000-year-old copper mask from the Argentinian Andes
topic_facet 3000 BP
ARGENTINA
METALLURGY
PRE-HISPANIC
SOUTHERN ANDES
TECHNOLOGY
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
description Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America first developed in the Andes, and Peru has long been considered to be the initial point of origin. The recent discovery of an anthropomorphic copper mask in north-west Argentina, however, draws new attention to the southern Andes as a centre of early metalworking. Found in a funerary context c. 3000 BP, at a time of transition from mobile hunter-gatherer bands to agro-pastoral villages, the mask from Bordo Marcial shows that the Cajón Valley and its surrounding region was an important locus for copper metallurgy. To date, the mask is the oldest intentionally shaped copper object discovered in the Andes, and suggests that more than one region was involved in the origin of this technology.
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title Ancient metalworking in South America: A 3000-year-old copper mask from the Argentinian Andes
title_short Ancient metalworking in South America: A 3000-year-old copper mask from the Argentinian Andes
title_full Ancient metalworking in South America: A 3000-year-old copper mask from the Argentinian Andes
title_fullStr Ancient metalworking in South America: A 3000-year-old copper mask from the Argentinian Andes
title_full_unstemmed Ancient metalworking in South America: A 3000-year-old copper mask from the Argentinian Andes
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