The history of pre-Columbian jewelry sparkling
The history of pre-Columbian jewelry starts around 4000 BC. Empires of history and time were highly developed society versed in not only art and mathematics, but in astronomy, engineering, metallurgy and architecture. historical jewels around 4000 BC in these empires was the widespread use of copper oxides and diverse. It is believed that their knowledge in metallurgy actually stimulated the production of weapons! Copper is used in the ornaments, beads and earrings, plus excellent weapons and armor. By 3000 BC the prehistoric and were using the lost wax process for jewelry. This process is even now used in the manufacture of jet engine turbine blades!
These pre-Columbian jewelry was cast in bronze, silver plated and then gold plated with 24 carat gold! That was not all. The jewelry was then protected with a layer of lacquer! About 25,000 items historical jewelry and fine art show, excellent metallurgical skills and the highest form of aesthetics have been recorded in museums. Colombia then was the original "El Dorado" and in the heart of gold working skills. It is very unfortunate that the conquering Spanish invaders entire civilization wiped out by diseases brought in.
Historical gems found in 1557 documented evidence of use even pre-Columbian platinum. 1600 Some gold jewelry from the post 500 AD recorded the death masks, pliers and flutes with exquisite craftsmanship. During the 3000 years between 1500 BC and 1500 AD the Inca and Nazca in Peru, Canar in Ecuador, Di Quis in Costa Rica, Panama, Cocle, Mixtec in Mexico and Tolima in Colombia were some of the pre-Columbian tribes that made exquisite pre-Columbian jewelry. Some of these were of armadillos, frogs, fish, turtles, shells, deer, alligators and jaguars, as well as flowers. There were pieces of jewelry musicians, men with drums and women with children in their arms. For the pre-Columbian, the Gold was known as the "sweat of the sun and silver as the tears of the moon." Today online stores sell pre-Columbian stone earrings beautiful jade earrings cat brooches and sterling silver lizard.
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