Amalgamation and small-scale gold mining in the ancient Andes
In 1532, the volume of gold provided by Atahualpa, the Inka king, as ransom for his release from the Spanish was hard evidence for the efficient small-scale gold mining that took place before European contact and the number of gold occurrences in the Andes. At Huancavelica, Perú, mercury occurs as a...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Bulletin de l’Institut français d’études andines
2013
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |