Inhaltsangabe:
  • An introduction to mining and quarrying in the ancient Andes : sociopolitical, economic and symbolic dimensions / Kevin J. Vaughn and Nicholas Tripcevich
  • Archaeological approaches to obsidian quarries : investigations at the Quispisisa source / Nicholas Tripcevich and Daniel A. Contreras
  • Variation in Inca building stone quarry operations in Peru and Ecuador / Dennis Ogburn
  • Building Taypikala : telluric transformations in the lithic production of Tiwanaku / John Wayne Janusek, Patrick Ryan Williams, Mark Golitko, and Carlos Lémuz Aguirre
  • Arcillas and alfareros : clay and temper mining practices in the Lake Titicaca Basin / Andrew Roddick and Elizabeth Klarich
  • The Huarhua rock salt mine : archaeological implications of modern extraction practices / Justin Jennings, Félix Palacios, Nicholas Tripcevich, and Willy Yépez Álvarez
  • Hunter-gatherer-fisher mining during the archaic period in coastal northern Chile / Diego Salazar, Hernán Salinas, Jean Louis Guendon, Donald Jackson, and Valentina Figueroa
  • The organization of mining in Nasca during the early intermediate period : recent evidence from Mina Primavera / Kevin J. Vaughn, Hendrik Van Gijseghem, Verity H. Whalen, Jelmer W. Eerkens, and Moises Linares Grados
  • Mining under Inca rule in north-central Chile : the Los Infieles mining complex / Gabriel E. Cantarutti
  • Amalgamation and small-scale gold mining in the ancient Andes / William E. Brooks, Gabriela Schwörbel, and Luis Enrique Castillo
  • Silver mines of the northern Lake Titicaca Basin / Carol A. Schultze
  • Mining, commensal politics, and ritual under Inca rule in Atacama, northern Chile / Diego Salazar, César Borie, and Camila Oñate
  • Economic, social, and ritual aspects of copper mining in ancient Peru : an upper Ica Valley case study / Hendrik Van Gijseghem, Kevin J. Vaughn, Verity H. Whalen, Moises Linares Grados, and Jorge Olano Canales
  • Mining archaeology in the Nasca and Palpa region, south coast of Peru / Markus Reindel, Thomas R. Stöllner, and Benedikt Gräfingholt
  • Some thoughts on mining and quarrying in the ancient Andes / Richard L. Burger
  • Discussion : Mineral resources and prehispanic mining / Izumi Shimada.