Cooke (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute), John W. Hoopes (indigenous nations studies, U. of Kansas) Jeffrey Quilter (archaeology, Harvard U.), and Nicholas J. Saunders (archaeology and
anthropology, U. of Bristol) consider the role of gold in the ancient Central American country and in its conquest and colonization by Europeans. They discuss conquest, imagination, and the
dawn of the modern age: the gold of Panama in its historical context; the shining dawn of American gold: metallurgy in ancient America; shimmering worlds: brilliance, power, and gold in
pre-Columbian Panama; and the Gilcrease collection and Gran Cocl矇. No index is provided. Distributed in the US by University of Oklahoma Press. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
(booknews.com)
