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The 1912 Yale Peruvian scientific expedition collections from Machu Picchu : metal artifacts

Title
The 1912 Yale Peruvian scientific expedition collections from Machu Picchu : metal artifacts / edited by Richard L. Burger and Lucy C. Salazar.
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, c2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Burger, Richard L.
  • Salazar, Lucy C.
Description
xiv, 314 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"This synthesis of the archaeological evidence of metallurgy at Machu Picchu interprets new data on Inca metal artifacts that represent the final stage of pre-Columbian metallurgical technology in the central Andes of South America. These artifacts were recovered early in the 20th century by the Yale Univeristy Peruvian Scientific Expeditions"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Yale University publications in anthropology ; number 91
Uniform Title
Yale University publications in anthropology ; no. 91.
Subject
  • Yale Peruvian Expedition (1912)
  • Incas > Implements
  • Incas > Antiquities
  • Metal-work > Peru
  • Metallurgy > Peru
  • Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
  • Peru > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-304) and index.
Contents
Metal artifacts from the 1911-1912 Yale expeditions to Peru / Robert B. Gordon -- The meanings of metals : the Inca and regional contexts of quotidian metals from Machu Picchu / Bruce D. Owen.
Call Number
JFF 14-368
ISBN
  • 9780913516270 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0913516279 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012032318
OCLC
607977494
Title
The 1912 Yale Peruvian scientific expedition collections from Machu Picchu : metal artifacts / edited by Richard L. Burger and Lucy C. Salazar.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, c2012.
Series
Yale University publications in anthropology ; number 91
Yale University publications in anthropology ; no. 91.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-304) and index.
Added Author
Burger, Richard L.
Salazar, Lucy C.
Research Call Number
JFF 14-368
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