Experimental work in metals using lithic artifacts. Some implications for the metal workshop of Rincón Chico 15 (south of the Yocavil valley, province of Catamarca) by Gaal, Erico Germán, Chesini Remic, Andrés

“…This presentation proposes an initial approach, through experimental work, to the study of some potential functions that lithic artifacts could play in the production of copper and gold in metals from metallurgical contexts in northwestern Argentina. …”
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The Anglo Mexican Mining Association and the Guanajato Mint in the Nineteenth Century by Parra, Alma

“…This paper describes and analyses the conditions behind the establishment of one of the most dynamic mint houses in the country as it benefited from its capacity to collect the gold and silver of one of the most productive mining regions of Mexico. …”
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Costos ecológicos de la minería aurífera a cielo abierto y resistencia social : una lectura desde el proyecto Caballo Blanco en México by Delgado Ramos, Gian Carlo

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Object biography: Support for the study of material culture in the museal context by de Jesus, Priscila

“…Part of a discussion about African material culture and the biography of museal objects, having as its guiding axis a pair of weights to measure gold dust, exhibited pieces that are part of the collection of the Afro-Brazilian Museum (CEAO/UFBA/Brazil), we understand the symbolic universe of Nigerian imagery productions, especially with regard to the representations of the sexual act. …”
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