The Sounds and Colors of Power

The Sacred Metallurgical Technology of Ancient West Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID4019348
AuthorsTerry Child, Sue Child (0000-0002-3322-1155), S Terry Childs
Year1997
Volume38
Issue2
Pages503
Publication date1997-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofThe Sounds and Colors of Power: The Sacred Metallurgical Technology of Ancient West Mexico, Dorothy Hosler, 1995
VenueTechnology and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3107139
OpenAlexW2039818244
LanguageEN

Part 1 The perspective and the region: an overview of Mesoamerican prehistory the West Mexican metalworking zone South American contacts in West Mexico the research agenda. Part 2 Resources, metals and alloys: distribution of native metals and ore minerals in the metalworking zone ore types used in West Mexican metallurgy documentary evidence for ancient mining. Part 3 Period 1 of West Mexican metalworking - AD 600 to AD 1200/1300: the technological chronology archaeological evidence of period 1 metallurgy the metallurgical technology of period 1 lost-wax casting - bells cold working - sumptuary and ritual objects cold working - utilitarian objects summary and observations. Part 4 Origins of period 1 West Mexican metallurgy: Ecuador and West Mexico Colombia and Lower Central America the introduction of the technology to West Mexico the evidence from Ecuador the reinterpretation. Part 5 The florescence of West Mexico metallurgy - AD 1200/1300 to the Spanish invasion: archaeological evidence for period 2 metallurgy the metallurgical technology of period 2 - new materials and new designs lost-wax casting - bells cold and hot work - sumptuary items cold work - tools and axe-monies the focus of period 2 metallurgy. Part 6 Period 2 - origins and transformations: alloying alloys and artifacts mechanisms of introduction the new technology - West Mexican alloys and smelting regimes the West Mexican interpretation. Part 7 The dissemination of West Mexican metllurgy: Western Morelos - Cuexcomate and Capilco Lamanai, Belize the Huastec region - Vista Hermosa and Platanito other sites and regions discussion. Part 8 The sounds and colours of power: colour sound sound, metal and creation the social context. Appendices: technical studies - data and methods quantitative chemical analyses of artifacts in the RMG collection

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Metallurgy · Physics · Power (physics) · Visual arts · Environmental and Ecological Studies · History · Materials Science

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