Table of Contents
Ancestors past but present: gold diadems from the far south coast of Peru / Colin McEwan, Joerg Haeberli -- The technology, iconography and social significance of metals: a multi-dimensional analysis of middle Sicâan objects / Izumi Shimada, Jo Ann Griffin, Adon Gordus -- The goldwork of Chimor: the technology and iconography of wealth accumulation / Karen O'Day -- Clothed metal and the iconography of human form among the Incas / Penny Dransart -- Malagana and the goldworking tradition of southwest Colombia / Warwick Bray -- The iconography and symbolism of metallic votive offerings in the eastern Cordillera, Colombia / Roberto Lleras-Pâerez -- The gold of greater Zenâu: prehispanic metallurgy in the Caribbean lowlands of Colombia / Ana Marâia Falchetti -- Contextualized goldwork from 'Gran Coclâe', Panama: an update based on recent excavations and new radiocarbon dates for associated pottery styles / Richard Cooke, Luâis Alberto Sâanchez Herrera, Koichi Udagawa -- The general and the queen: gold objects from a ceremonial and mortuary complex in southern Costa Rica / Jeffrey Quilter -- Gold symbolism among Caribbean chiefdoms: of feathers, ÷Cibas, and Guanâin power among Taâino elites / Josâe R. Oliver -- Diversity of goldsmithing traditions in the Americas and the old world / Susan La Niece, Nigel Meeks.