Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 28585
Gold, stone, and ideology: Symbols of power in the Tairona tradition of northern Colombia
Book Section
Bray, W. (2003) Gold, stone, and ideology: Symbols of power in the Tairona tradition of northern Colombia. In: Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panamá and Colombia, Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, pp. 301–344.
ISBN/ISSN: 9780880000000 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | RWHL*
gems, jade, jadeite, fei cui, Mesoamerica, Aztecs, Guatemala, Guatemala jade, Costa Rica, Maya, Mayan, Olmec, gold, jewelry, anthropology, archaeology, archaeogemology
Certain gold and stone artefacts functioned as symbols of rank, status, and power in the Tairona world. Examination of these artefacts provides a chronicle of fifteen hundred years of continuity and change within a single cultural tradition.