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, Deutschland

Speaker: 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 …

Pre-Columbian and colonial mining and metallurgy in the extreme Northwestern Argentina highlands: Lines of research, challenges and collaborative mining heritage conservation and exhibition

Hörsaal im Haus der Archäologien Am Bergbaumuseum 31, Bochum, Deutschland

Speaker: María Florencia Becerra National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina Since 2004, GAEPuNo (Archaeology and Ethnohistory Group of the Northern Puna) has been conducting research in the northern highlands of extreme Northwestern Argentina, in Jujuy Province. One of the main lines of research concerns mining and metallurgy during pre-Columbian and Colonial times. This …

Pre-Columbian mining and metallurgy in the Southern-Central Andes

Seminarraum 1 im Haus der Archäologien Am Bergbaumuseum 31, Bochum, Deutschland

Speaker: María Florencia Becerra National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina Session 1 (morning): Earliest evidence of the use of metals. Chronology and regions. Case study: Northwestern Argentina. Local innovation and development. Metals and alloys employed. Technologies for mining, metallurgy and metalworking during pre-Columbian times and Colonial period. Session 2 (afternoon): Social complexity and …