TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SILVER PRODUCTION AFTER THE SPANISH CONQUEST IN PORCO, BOLIVIA CAMBIOS TECNOLÓGICOS EN LA PRODUCCIÓN DE PLATA DESPUÉS DE LA CONQUISTA ESPAÑOLA EN PORCO, BOLIVIA

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SILVER PRODUCTION AFTER THE SPANISH CONQUEST IN PORCO, BOLIVIA CAMBIOS TECNOLÓGICOS EN LA PRODUCCIÓN DE PLATA DESPUÉS DE LA CONQUISTA ESPAÑOLA EN PORCO, BOLIVIA

Over the last decade, the Proyecto Arqueológico Porco-Potosí has investigated the Bolivian mining center of Porco in order to examine silver production under the Inka, Spanish, and Republican regimes. One focus of this research is the ways in which metallurgy was shaped by Porco's incorporation...

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Main Authors: Mary Van Buren, Claire R Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino 2010-01-01
Series:Boletín del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
Subjects:
metalurgia
fundición
plata
minería
período colonial
Andes
Bolivia
metallurgy
smelting
silver
mining
Colonial Period
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