ミナ・ペルディダ,ペルーの初期の中央アンデス海域の金属加工
1R. L. Burger, Peabody Museum of Natural History and Department of Anthropology, Yale University, Post Office Box 208277, New Haven, CT 06520-8277, USA. E-mail: richard.burger@yale.edu. R. B. Gordon, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Uni.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 6, 1998
まとめ
ペルーの初期のアンデス人職人は金属加工をマスターし,金と銅の人工物を生み出すために,地元の金属をフォイルに叩き,銅を黄金化しました. これはチャヴィン地平線より前のもので,早期に高度な金属工学を示しています.
科学分野:
- アルケオメタルルジーは,
- アンデス・プレヒストリー アンデス・プレヒストリー
背景:
- アンデス山脈における初期の金属学の発展は,文化と技術の進歩を理解するために極めて重要です.
- 以前の研究は後期期に焦点を当て,初期の金属加工技術の理解にギャップを残していた.
研究 の 目的:
- ペルーのルリン渓谷で銅と金の初期段階を調査する.
- 国産銅の加工,溶けた銅の生産,黄金の適用技術の間の時間的関係を決定する.
主な方法:
- ミナ・ペルディダの銅と金の遺品の分析,紀元前3120〜3020年 (紀元前1410〜1090年) にさかのぼる.
- ハンマーリング,アニリング,ゴールドリングのためのフォイルの適用を含む人工物の製造技術の検討.
主要な成果:
- アーティファクトは,原産の金属を薄いフォイルにハンマーで打つことを示し,冷却の証拠があります.
- 銅製の遺物は,金を用いて金色に塗装され,洗練された応用技術を示しています.
- この発見は,アンデス山脈の金伝統の重要な要素をチャヴィン地平線より前に位置づけている.
結論:
- ペルーの海岸の原産銅の加工は,溶けた銅の物品の生産に先行しています.
- アンデス鉱業の基本的技術は,これまで考えられていたよりもかなり早く確立されました.
- この研究は,南米における複雑な金属加工の起源に関する重要な洞察を提供します.
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