A new piece of the puzzle: slag and ore analysis to reconstruct the prehispanic smelting technology at the Atacama Desert, Chile
Abstract The Incas appropriated many local metallurgical technologies throughout the Andes, each of which had its unique peculiarities and was based on local ancestral knowledge. The widespread use of tin-bronze during the Inca expansion, the development of mining and smelting sites, as well as ethn...
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| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Heritage Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-01017-z |