Copper and rituals in the Southern Andes: Research on beads and crushed copper minerals in pre-Columbian, Northwestern Argentina
Hörsaal im Haus der Archäologien Am Bergbaumuseum 31, Bochum, DeutschlandSpeaker: María Florencia Becerra National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina Green and blue minerals and rocks played significant roles in multiple dimensions of pre-Columbian Andean societies. Their extraction and circulation shaped human–environment interactions in the region since ancient times. Among these minerals, copper held a particularly important place due to its role in …