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Calendar

This course is taught utilizing three learning modules each semester. The calendar below reflects the schedule for one module of the course. 

 

SES #TOPICS
1Lecture 1: Ancient Metallurgy of the New World and the Old World: Cultures and Materials Properties Compared
2Lecture 2: Extractive Metallurgy: Winning Metal from Metallic Ores

Ancient Andean Smelting Technologies
3Laboratory 1: Smelting Copper Ore: Preparation of Crucible Charge

Ingot formation
4Lecture 3: Andean Sheet Metal Tradition vs. Central/Mesoamerican Casting Tradition: Plastic Deformation in Andean Metalworking Design
5Lecture 4: Color: The Focus of Andean Alloy Development and Surface Enrichment Techniques
6Laboratory 2: Copper-silver Alloying: Preparation of Sand Moulds and Alloy Metals

Melting and Pouring Molten Alloy
7Lecture 5: Color and Planarity: Cultural Significance of Metallic Properties in Andean Cosmology
8Lecture 6: The Power of Metal in the Andean World: Bronze vs. Tumbaga
9Laboratory 3: Copper-silver Alloying: Preparation of Silver-coated Sheet Metal from Ingot by Plastic Deformation, Annealing, Pickling
10Lecture 7: Andean Metal Artifacts: Visit to the CMRAE Laboratories
11Lecture 8: Field Trip
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Laboratory 4: Copper-silver Alloying: Continuation of Sheet Metal Preparation

13Lecture 9: Student Presentations

 








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