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1887
Volume 24 Number 4
  • ISSN: 0032-1400

Abstract

The early inhabitants of South America had recognised platinum and had used it for making ornaments well before the Spanish Conquest. Their techniques and ability in metal working are reviewed, based upon archaeological evidence and modern metallographic examination.

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