Rock and metal labor in Andean cultures

Authors

  • Alberto Bueno Mendoza Departamento Académico de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima – Perú
  • Carmela Esther Bueno San Miguel Hochschule Niederehein/University Applied Sciences, Alemania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v15i27.7688

Keywords:

rocks, metals, mining, laundries, veins, ornaments.

Abstract

Current archaeological studies of the origins of metal working and its technology involves many difficulties, because the old mines have almost disappeared before mining industrialization since the sixteenth century (Spanish invasion) or the operation of the laundry since then continue to the present.

Author Biographies

  • Alberto Bueno Mendoza, Departamento Académico de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima – Perú
  • Carmela Esther Bueno San Miguel, Hochschule Niederehein/University Applied Sciences, Alemania

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Published

2011-12-30

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How to Cite

Bueno Mendoza, A., & Bueno San Miguel, C. E. (2011). Rock and metal labor in Andean cultures. Investigaciones Sociales, 15(27), 475-499. https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v15i27.7688