Overview
- Editors:
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Nicholas Tripcevich
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Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
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Kevin J. Vaughn
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, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
- Uses comparative analysis between major archaeological mining and quarrying sites throughout the Andes
- Places evidence of primary extraction activities within a larger cultural context
- Contains two synthesizing discussion chapters at the conclusion of the book
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Introduction
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- Kevin J. Vaughn, Nicholas Tripcevich
Pages 3-19
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Pigment, Clay, Salt and Stone
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- Nicholas Tripcevich, Daniel A. Contreras
Pages 23-44
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- John Wayne Janusek, Patrick Ryan Williams, Mark Golitko, Carlos Lémuz Aguirre
Pages 65-97
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- Andrew Roddick, Elizabeth Klarich
Pages 99-122
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- Justin Jennings, Félix Palacios, Nicholas Tripcevich, Willy Yépez Álvarez
Pages 123-136
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- Diego Salazar, Hernán Salinas, Jean Louis Guendon, Donald Jackson, Valentina Figueroa
Pages 137-156
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- Kevin J. Vaughn, Hendrik Van Gijseghem, Verity H. Whalen, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Moises Linares Grados
Pages 157-182
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Metals
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Front Matter
Pages 183-183
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Metals
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- William E. Brooks, Gabriela Schwörbel, Luis Enrique Castillo
Pages 213-229
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- Diego Salazar, César Borie, Camila Oñate
Pages 253-274
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- Hendrik Van Gijseghem, Kevin J. Vaughn, Verity H. Whalen, Moises Linares Grados, Jorge Olano Canales
Pages 275-298
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- Markus Reindel, Thomas R. Stöllner, Benedikt Gräfingholt
Pages 299-322
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Discussion
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Front Matter
Pages 323-323
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Tripcevich and Vaughn compiled this volume for a comparative analysis of mining and quarrying, a rare undertaking in Andean studies. … Andeanists and those interested in the extraction and processing of solid materials from the earth in any world region will find much of value in this volume. … all the chapters offer valuable new information that may serve as a baseline for future studies.” (Kylie E. Quave, Lithic Technology, Vol. 39 (1), 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
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Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Nicholas Tripcevich
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, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
Kevin J. Vaughn
About the editors
Dr. Nicholas Tripcevich is a member of the Archaeological Research Facility at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include Andean prehistory, social complexity, exchange theory, ethnoarchaeology, ancient mining, GIS, and lithic analysis. Dr. Kevin J. Vaughn is an Associate Professor in the department of Anthropology at Purdue University. His research interests include the emergence of social complexity, political economies of middle-range societies, craft production, ancient mining, village and household archaeology, the anthropology of pilgrimage, provenance analysis, archaeometry (INAA, LA-ICPMS, XRD, stable isotopes), ceramic analysis, Andean South America, Nasca.