Sweat of the sun and tears of the monn. Gold and silver in pre-columbian art

Contents: 1. The Chavin style; 2. The experimenters and the master craftsmen; 3. Tiahuanaco and the expensionist horizon; 4. The horizon of the city builders; 5. The Incas; 6. Ecuador; 7. The early cultures of Colombia; 8. The Quimbaya; 9. Northern Colombia: Darien, Sinú, and Tairona; 10. The Chibcha – speaking Muisca; 11. Coclé; 12. Veraguas, Chiriquí, and Diquís; 13. Costa Rica; 14. The Maya; 15. Mexico: Tarascans, Mixtecs, and Aztecs; 16. Technology.