Pre-Columbian Metallurgy of South America: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks October 18th and 19th, 1975

  • Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1979
By BENSON, Elizabeth P. (editor); Heather Lechtman, Julie Jones, and Junius B. Bird (et al) (contributors)
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1979. First Edition. Octavo (25cm); gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; 207pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Slight spine lean; Very Good.

Collection of essays presented in 1974 at Dumbarton Oaks, including Alicia Dussán de Reichel's "Some Observations on the Prehistoric Goldwork of Colombia", Alberto Rex González's "Pre-Columbian Metallurgy of Northwest Argentina: Historical Development and Cultural Process", and Luis I. Rodríguez Orrego's "A Site of Metallurgical Activity in Northwest Argentina". [87335].

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