Metallurgy in ancient Ecuador : a study of the collection of archaeological metallurgy of the Ministry of Culture, Ecuador /

Metallurgical activity was present in Ecuador from at least 1500 BC; by around the beginning of the Common Era metallurgical manufacture and use had extended to most of the Costa and Sierra. Regional styles soon evolved giving rise to high levels of technical craftsmanship and to shaping particular...

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Main Author: Lleras Pérez, Roberto (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]

Series: Archaeopress preColumbian archaeology ; 5.

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Call Number: F3701 .L54 2015

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