2012/09/01 by María Alicia Uribe Villegas, Marcos Martinón-Torres, Marcos Martinón‐Torres · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Archaeology and Cultural Heritage #Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis #Latin American history and culture
paper · doi:10.1017/s0003598x00047918
Chemical analysis of the stunning Muisca metalwork shows that the alloys of copper and gold were especially composed for each offering. Traditionally, the Muisca objects have been collected and studied as works of art. Our authors show that when it comes to drawing understanding of people from the objects they have left us, context is all. The results have much to reveal to metallurgists and students of symbolic metalwork everywhere.