The Metallurgy of the Southern Coast of Peru in American Antiquity Volume XV, Number 1

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10-37 pages with diagrams, tables, photographs, drawings and bibliography. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. American Antiquity Volume XV (15) Number 1. First edition. A study of the use of gold and silver by the ancient inhabitants of southern Peru and Bolivia has been made by Lothrop (1937). He found that in the region of the southern coast the available material from Paracas and Nasca was adequate, but that there was very little satisfactory material from the later periods, such as Ica. Many of the objects in museum collections that purport to be from Ica are of questionable origin, and many objects actually from Ica are thought to be from Lima, Moche, etc. This not only prevents a satisfactory investigation of the use of metals in Ica, but confuses a study of their use on the central and northern coasts. The present study is an attempt to supply more exact information about the use of metals in the vicinity of Nasca, Ica, and Chincha. Max Uhle made very careful excavations in the Chincha and Ica valleys in 1901, and in the region of Nasca in 1903. Condition: "Duplicate" stamp to front wrappers, edge wear, corners bumped and rubbed else very good. N° de ref. del artículo A2629

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