Archaeometry of Pre-Columbian Sites and Artifacts (Getty Trust Publications: Getty Conservation Institute)

437 Pages·1994·10.34 MB·English

by  David Scott

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Contents
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Foreword
APrefacne atMnhaSdrtc oeipreoinlacolegs y
The Materials Science of Material Culture:
Examples from the Andean Past 3
CHeaethLeerc hrtman amics
Pre-Columbian Pottery: Research in the Maya Region 15
RonalLd.B ishop
Kiln Firing at Batan Grande: Today and in Formative Times 67
UrsWealg ne,rR uperGte bahrdE,n veMrur ad,
JosReife deIrzeur,mS ih imaadnaFd,r iWtazg ner
Ceramics Among the Hohokam: Modeling Social
Organization and Exchange 85
SDaavtiROd.A bnboaobtn Dda dviMnsd.S c haeliler dian
New World Obsidian: Recent Investigations 131
MihcaeDl.G lascock
Obsidian Artifacts from Oaxaca, Mexico:
Source Identification and Hydration Dating 135
].M ihcaeEll amM,ih caeDl.G lascaoncHdke ,c tNoerff
Obsidian from Pueblo Grande, Arizona: Modeling Social
and Economic Patterns in Lithic Procurement 161
JaneP eterDsouognl,Ra .sM i tecllha, nMd. S tevSehna ckley
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Beads from Sipan: A Functional Analysis 175
LeoanrGdo erliacnkJd o hGnw innett
Metals
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Silver and Lead in the Late Prehistory of the Mantaro Valley, Peru 183
EllGe.nH owea ndU lriPceht ersen
Pre-Hispanic Copper Alloy Production at Batan Grande, Peru:
Interpretation of the Analytical Data for Ore Samples 199
]. Merk,Ie .Sl himadaP., SwannR,. D aonodn an W.
Native Copper Technology and Society in Eastern North America 229
S.Te rrCyh ilds
Chemical Seriation of Northeastern North American
Archaeological Sites Using Copper Artifacts 255
R.G . HVa ncoLc.Ak ,.P avliRs.Mh ., FqaurhaP.r,] J.u liagn,d A.F ox
Pre-Columbian Gold Processing at Putushio, South Ecuador:
The Archaeometallurgical Evidence 267
ThiRleoh raennMd a thiTlemdmee
Pre-Hispanic Platinum Alloys: Their Composition and
Use in Ecuador and Colombia 285
DaviAd.S coatntdW a rwiBcrka y
Pre-Hispanic Goldwork from the Museo de America, Madrid:
A New Set of Analyses 323
SalvaRdoovri ra
ArScaiDhntaadete sio nlgo gical
A Methodology for the Study of Buried Archaeological Sites 353
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Exceptional Molecular Preservation in the Fossil Record:
The Archaeological, Conservation, and Scientific Challenge 367
NoreTeunro assn Mda rilLy.Fn o gel
Stratigraphic Dating and Cultural Sequences of Pre-Hispanic
Northern South America 381
Thomavsa n Hdaemrm en
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Coloration in Etowah Textiles from Burial NQ 57 395
LuycR .S iblaenyKd a thrAy.nJ akes
Radiocarbon Dates of Teponaztlis from Mexico 419
ReinPerro tvsocZnhi etaennRd a inBeerr ger