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Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes - Sociopolitical, Economic, and Symbolic Dimensions (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes - Sociopolitical, Economic, and Symbolic Dimensions (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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Over the millennia, from stone tools among early foragers to clays
to prized metals and mineral pigments used by later groups, mineral
resources have had a pronounced role in the Andean world.
Archaeologists have used a variety of analytical techniques on the
materials that ancient peoples procured from the earth. What these
materials all have in common is that they originated in a mine or
quarry. Despite their importance, comparative analysis between
these archaeological sites and features has been exceptionally
rare, and even more so for the Andes. Mining and Quarrying in the
Ancient Andes focuses on archaeological research at primary
deposits of minerals extracted through mining or quarrying in the
Andean region. While mining often begins with an economic need, it
has important social, political, and ritual dimensions as well. The
contributions in this volume place evidence of primary extraction
activities within the larger cultural context in which they
occurred. This important contribution to the interdisciplinary
literature presents research and analysis on the mining and
quarrying of various materials throughout the region and through
time. Thus, rather than focusing on one material type or one
specific site, Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes
incorporates a variety of all the aspects of mining, by focusing on
the physical, social, and ritual aspects of procuring materials
from the earth in the Andean past.
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