Pre-Inca mining in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 321, 2009, Pages 738-750

  Eerkens, Jelmer W ^a   Vaughn, Kevin J ^b   Grados, Moises Linares ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Proyecto Nasca Temprano   (Peru)

Author keywords

Mining; Nasca; Peru; Pre hispanic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953074932     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00098951     Document Type: Article

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