Costin, Cathy Lynne <br/><br/>
Making value, making meaning:    techné in the pre-columbian world 

 - Washington:  Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection,  2016 
 - 489 p.  il. 
<br/><br/> Making value, making meaning: techné in the pre-columbian world / Cathy Lynne Costin -- Lustrous surfaces and shades of green value and meaning in three Mesoamerican lapidaryt ensembles from Teotihuacan, Palenque, and La Vneta / Laura Filloy Nadal -- The Eloquence of color. Material and meaning in the Cacaxtla murals / Claudia Brittenham and Diana Magaloni Kerpel -- Telluric techné and the lithic production of Tiwanaku / John W. Janusek and Patrick Ryan Williams -- Encoded process, embodied meaning in Paracas post-fired painted ceramics / Lisa DeLeonardis -- Valuing the local. Inka metal production in the Tarapacá valley of Northern Chile / Colleen Zori -- New World metallurgy. A compartive study of Copper production in the south central Andes and west Mexico / Blanca Maldonado -- Spondylus and the Inka empire on the far north coast of Peru. Recent excavations at Taller Conchales, Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes / Jerry D. Moore and Carolina María Vílchez -- The artistry of Moche mural painting and the ephemerality of monuments / Lisa Trever ... 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780881024156 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Culturas Prehispánicas<br/>tecnología precolombina<br/>TECNOLOGIA Y ARTE<br/>ARTESANÍA<br/>Arte Precolombino<br/>ARQUEOLOGIA