Pre-Columbian metalworking in peru—Ornamental and ceremonial objects from the royal tombs of Sipán

Арсенова бронза

Bronce arsenical

Huaca Rajada

Sipán (Perù)

Sipán

Sipán is a Moche archaeological site in northern Peru in the Lambayeque Valley, that is famous for the tomb of Lord of Sipán (El Señor de Sipán), excavated by Walter…

Bronze arsénié

Arsenical bronze

Copper ore is often naturally contaminated with arsenic; hence, the term "arsenical bronze" when used in archaeology is typically only applied to alloys with an arsenic…