Archaeometry of pre-Columbian sites and artifacts : proceedings of a symposium organized by the UCLA Institute of Archaeology and the Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, California, March 23-27, 1992 /

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Corporate Authors: University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Archaeology, Getty Conservation Institute
Other authors / contributors: Scott, David A., 1948-, Meyers, Pieter, 1941-
Imprint: [Marina Del Rey, CA] : Getty Conservation Institute, ©1994.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
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Series:Getty Publications virtual library.
Table of Contents:
  • The Materials Science of Material Culture: Examples from the Andean Past / Heather Lechtman
  • Pre-Columbian Pottery: Research in the Maya Region / Ronald L. Bishop
  • Kiln Firing at Batan Grande: Today and in Formative Times / Ursel Wagner, Rupert Gebhard, Enver Murad, Josef Riederer, Izumi Shimada and Fritz Wagner
  • Ceramics Among the Hohokam: Modeling Social Organization and Exchange / David R. Abbot and David M. Schaller
  • New World Obsidian: Recent Investigations / Michael D. Glascock
  • Obsidian Artifacts from Oaxaca, Mexico: Source Identification and Hydration Dating / J. Michael Elam, Michael D. Glascock and Hector Neff
  • Obsidian from Pueblo Grande, Arizona: Modeling Social and Economic Patterns in Lithic Procurement / Jane Peterson, Douglas R. Mitchell and M. Steven Shackley
  • Beads from Sipan: A Functional Analysis / Leonard Gorelick and John Gwinnett
  • Silver and Lead in the Late Prehistory of the Mantaro Valley, Peru / Ellen G. Howe and Ulrich Petersen
  • Pre-Hispanic Copper Alloy Production at Batan Grande, Peru: Interpretation of the Analytical Data for Ore Samples / J.F. Merkel, I. Shimada, C.P. Swann and R. Doonan
  • Native Copper Technology and Society in Eastern North America / S. Terry Childs
  • Chemical Seriation of Northeastern North American Archaeological Sites Using Copper Artifacts / R.G.V. Hancock, L.A. Pavlish, R.M. Farquhar, P.J. Julig and W.A. Fox.