Silver lining: Evidence for Inka silver refining in northern Chile

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3282-3292

  Zori, Colleen ^a   Tropper, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archaeometallurgy; Cupellation; Inka; Silver; Tarapac Valley

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; GALENA; LEAD; METALLURGY; PURIFICATION; SILVER;

ANDES; CHILE; TARAPACA;

EID: 84878396931     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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