The Sounds and Colors of Power: The Sacred Metallurgical Technology of Ancient West Mexico
- ISBN-10
- 0262082306
- ISBN-13
- 9780262082303
- Category
- Founding
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Author
- Dorothy Hosler
Description
"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.
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