Metallurgy in ancient Ecuador : a study of the collection of archaeological metallurgy of the Ministry of Culture, Ecuador /
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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 iconographic and decorative patterns. Copper, gold, silver and platinum were mined, processed and converted into thousands of ornaments, offerings, tools and weapons extensively used both by elites and by the common people. This work discusses this topic.
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1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784911614 (PDF ebook) :
Henry Hunter Calvert's collection of amphora stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders /
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Henry Hunter Calvert was a British consul in Alexandria from 1857 to 1882, at which date he and many others fled from the riots in the city. The consulate was sacked, destroying Calvert's collections, but an annotated list of the Greek amphora stamps had been sent to the British Museum, published here for the first time.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (118 pages) : illustrations :
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9781789696448 (PDF ebook) :
World archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum : a characterization /
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'World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum' introduces the range, history and significance of the archaeological collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. In 29 newly-commissioned essays written by a specialist team, the volume explores more than 136,000 artefacts from 145 countries, from the Stone Age to the modern period, and from England to Easter Island. Pioneering a new approach in museum studies, this landmark volume is an essential reference work for archaeologists around the world, and a unique introduction to the archaeological collections of one of the world's most famous museums.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784910754 (PDF ebook) :
Ancient art and its commerce in early twentieth-century Europe : the John Marshall Archive : a collection of essays written by the participants of the John Marshall Archive Project...
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John Marshall (1862-1928) was an antiquities expert hired by the Metropolitan Museum of New York. An attentive observer of the antiquities trade, Marshall's archive, photographs and annotations on more than 1000 objects, shines light on the secretive world of art dealing and how objects arrived at the largest museums of Europe and North America.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781803272573 (PDF ebook) :