Amalgamation and small-scale gold mining in the ancient Andes
In 1532, the volume of gold provided by Atahualpa, the Inka king, as ransom for his release from the Spanish was hard evidence for the efficient small-scale gold mining that took place before European contact and the number of gold occurrences in the Andes. At Huancavelica, Perú, mercury occurs as a...
Main Authors: | William E. Brooks, Gabriela Schwörbel, Luis Enrique Castillo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Institut Français d'Études Andines
2011-07-01
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Series: | Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/bifea/1471 |
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