essay
The metallurgy of Arizona and New Mexico
Excavations at Snaketown, Harold S. Gladwin, Emil W. Haury, E. B. Sayles, Nora Gladwin • (25) • Published In 1965 • Pages: 276-277
By: Root, William C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
It has generally been supposed that metal objects found in the Southwest were derived from either the Lake Sperior region to the northeast, or Mexico to the south. But the absence of impurities frequently found in copper from those regions, and the presence of object made from ores frequently found in the Southwest, of similar composition to the copper objects themselves, leads one to the conclusion that the metal was prepared and made into bells, etc, by the natives of Arizona, New Mexico, and Chihuahua from ore found close at hand (p.276). Examination of those objects used in this study, seem to indicate that they were made by a process of casting, probaably by the 'cireperdu' process. There are no indications of plating, gilding, soldering, or the other more complex processes that were in use in the Valley of Mexico and elsewhere (p. 277).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Mineral resources
- Metallurgy
- Smiths and their crafts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hohokam
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona and New Mexico, United States; Chihuahua, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- W. C. Root
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65023304
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hohokam culture
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Snaketown
- Snaketown Site (Ariz.)