Early copper smelting at Itziparátzico, Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1998-2006

  Maldonado, Blanca ^a   Rehren, Thilo ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper smelting; Mesoamerica; Mexico; Postclassical; Tarascan; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLASSIC PERIOD; COPPER; EXTRACTION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; METALLURGY; MINING; SMELTING;

MESOAMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649592459     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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