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Date: | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:08:16 -0700 |
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Please excuse the cross-posting.
A friend of mine who works in Bolivia asked me a question I thought would
be better posted to the lists. I will forward all responses back to him -
thanks in advance for any and all help with this. His question is as
follows:
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In your copious spare time,
could you tell me where to find out about Spanish colonial metalworking?
To be specific, were they trading iron or steel tools to the poor
benighted heathens.
I found a website that claimed that ironworking was prohibited in
the New World, at least for a while, which I thought was interesting. Anyway,
this is the kind of thing I do for fun these days.
The real
question is whether the Spanish (in the Amazon, but I'll take what info I
can get from other parts of the Americas) were giving away iron or steel
trade goods. What were the axes, knives and machetes that were in
circulation made out of?
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Minette Church 390 Dwire Hall
Visiting Instructor in Anthropology phone: (719)262-3064
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs department fax:(719)262-3146
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80933
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