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Title: Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America
Identifier: ancientcivilizat03spin (find matches)
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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17-2 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA the historic Totonacan capital near Vera Cruz, at Tezcoco, in the Valley of Mexico, at Jhuatzio in the Tarascan region, as well as at Ahuachapan far to the southeast in Salvador. All of these occurrences indicate a late Toltecan horizon for its distribution.
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Fig;. 66. Conventional Crocodiles from Costa Rica and Panama. Isthmian Gold Work. The "wire technique" of the gold art of the Isthmian region, reflects, as we have seen, the pottery technique of the Archaic Horizon. In addition to plain and hollow casting, two kinds of gold plating were carried to perfection by the ancient metal workers: one a heavy plating over copper and the other a thin gilding. The manner in which this plating was done is still uncertain. It has been suggested that the molds were lined with leaf gold or sprinkled with gold dust before the baser copper was poured in. Many

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Handbook Series no.3
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  • bookid:ancientcivilizat03spin
  • bookyear:1917
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Spinden_Herbert_Joseph_1879_1967
  • booksubject:Indians_of_Mexico
  • booksubject:Indians_of_Central_America
  • bookpublisher:New_York
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
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