Ref ID:	29709
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Shimada, Izumi Epstein, Stephen Craig, Alan K.
Title:	Batán Grande: a prehistoric metallurgical center in Peru
Date:	1982
Source:	Science
Abstract:	Recent archeological fieldwork on the north coast of Peru permits a preliminary reconstruction of a prill-extraction copper and copper alloy smelting process heretofore undocumented in the New World. The process was applied on a large scale during the late pre-Hispanic period. This study provides strong support for the claim that central Andean metallurgy constituted one of the major independent metallurgical traditions of the world.
Date Created:	11/26/2007
Volume:	216
Number:	4549
Page Start:	952
Page End:	959