Online Publication
Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia
Jeffrey Quilter and John W. Hoopes, Editors
Jeffrey Quilter / Introduction:The Golden Bridge of the Daríen
Nicholas J.Saunders / "Catching the Light " :Technologies of Power and Enchantment in Pre-Columbian Goldworking
John W.Hoopes and Oscar M.Fonseca Z. / Goldwork and Chibchan Identity:Endogenous Change and Diffuse Unity in the Isthmo-Colombian Area
Richard Cooke, Ilean Isaza, John Griggs, Benoit Desjardins, and Luís Alberto Sánchez / Who Crafted, Exchanged, and Displayed Gold in Pre-Columbian Panama?
Michael J.Snarskis / From Jade to Gold in Costa Rica:How, Why, and When
Patricia Fernández and If igenia Quintanilla / Metallurgy, Balls, and Stone Statuary in the Diquís Delta, Costa Rica:
Local Production of Power Symbols
Carl Henrik Langebaek / The Political Economy of Pre-Columbian Gold Work:Four Examples from Northern South America
Mark Miller Graham / Creation Imagery in the Goldwork of Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia
Warwick Bray / Gold, Stone, and Ideology:Symbols of Power in the Tairona Tradition of Northern Colombia
Ana María Falchetti / The Seed of Life:The Symbolic Power of Gold-Copper Alloys and Metallurgical Transformations
Eugenia Ibarra / Gold in the Everyday Lives of Indigenous Peoples of Sixteenth-Century Southern Central America.