Quimbaya artifacts

Background

The Quimbaya artifacts can be considered the most valuable and controversial pre-Colombian archaeological discovery. The gold assemblage dates to around 1000 C.E. due to the emergence of gold work appearing in the Quimbaya civilization.<ref name=LoC>[Scott, D.A. & Meyers, P. (1992) Archaeometry of Pre-Columbian Sites and Artifacts. UCLA institute of archaeology and the Getty conservation institute, Los Angeles California.]

References

1. Perea, A, et al. Pre-hispanic goldwork technology. The Quimbaya Treasure, Colombia. Vol. 40, Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013, pp. 2326-34. ScienceDirect [1]
2. Scott, D.A. & Meyers, P. (1992) Archaeometry of Pre-Columbian Sites and Artifacts. UCLA institute of archaeology and the Getty conservation institute, Los Angeles California.
3. Steven Thomas, Robert. Intelligent Intervention. Dog Ear Publishing, 2011.
4. Zucchiatti, Alessandro, et al. Prehispanic goldwork technology study by PIXE analysis. Vol. 332, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2014, pp. 160-64. ScienceDirect [2]