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Precolumbian gold : technology, style and iconography

by Colin McEwan

This collection of conference papers examines Pre-Columbian goldwork from South and Central America. Essays analyse gold funerary offerings from Peru, recently discovered Malagana goldwork from Colombia, and archaeological gold artefacts from Panama.

Accession 1200 ISBN 0714125342 Publisher British Museum
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Papers from an international conference held in May 1996 at the Museum of Mankind in London, to mark the opening of the exhibition "The Gilded Image: PreColumbian Gold from South and Central America", this text includes essays on gold funerary offerings from excavations at Batan Grande, Peru; the description of recently discovered Malagana goldwork from Columbia; and an accout of gold found in archaeological contexts from Panama. -- blurb

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