title: Batan grande: a prehistoric metallurgical center in peru.
abstract: Recent archeological fieldwork on the north coast of Peru permits a preliminary reconstruction of a prill-extraction copper and copper alloy smelting process heretofore undocumented in the New World. The process was applied on a large scale during the late pre-Hispanic period. This study provides strong support for the claim that central Andean metallurgy constituted one of the major independent metallurgical traditions of the world.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Craig