El Oro Del Gran Zenú

Detailed analysis and classification of ca. 5,000 objects from the coastal plain west of Río Magalena based on technology, form, function, and decoration identify five regional styles defined by differences in staff heads, horizontally elongated nose ornaments, filigree earrings, and mammiform pectorals. Important source on precolumbian goldworking –Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.