Introduction The technical quality and aesthetic beauty of the pre-Columbian metalwork of Central and South America have long fascinated scholars and the public alike. However, the existing picture of pre-Columbian metallurgy remains rather generalised and, as such, archaeologically simplistic. With some notable exceptions, much previous work has downplayed the role of humbler metallurgical traditions, the importance of archaeological contexts, and the changes deriving from cultural interaction among indigenous communities, and between these and early European colonists. The UCL Archaeometallurgy in the Americas Research Network aims to enhance and diversify our understanding of the production, use and value of metals in America before and after Christopher Columbus, as a proxy for the underlying diversity of cultural and historical contingencies. One of our main strategies is the use of a bottom-up approach to develop a coherent set of highresolution, science-assisted contextual studies that may allow for temporal and cultural comparisons, from which we can approach the development of ideas, their transmission and adaptation, as materialised in goldwork. Much of our work in recent years has zoomed into Colombia. This country alone encompasses a great deal of diversity in ecological environments, resources, ethnicities and cultural traditions, materialised in tens of thousands of metal objects recovered in a relatively small region, with chronologies spanning over two thousand years to the present day. As such, it is an excellent ground for the characterisation of different technical styles at the subregional level, as opposed to the traditional broader comparisons between larger regions. Building primarily on a collaboration agreement signed between the UCL Institute of Archaeology and the Gold Museum in Bogotá, we are trying to combine UCL’s expertise in archaeometallurgy with the Museum staff’s intimate knowledge of the tens of thousands of artefacts in their stores and the myriad of cultures who created, used and deposited them. This report outlines three lines of recent and current work and publication.

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哥伦比亚的考古冶金：最新动态

简介中美洲和南美洲前哥伦布时期的金属制品的技术质量和美学美一直吸引着学者和公众。但是，哥伦布前冶金学的现有情况仍然相当笼统，因此在考古学上过于简单。除了一些显着的例外，以前的许多工作都对卑鄙的冶金传统的作用，考古背景的重要性以及土著社区之间以及这些社区与欧洲早期殖民者之间的文化互动所产生的变化不予重视。UCL美洲研究网络中的考古冶金旨在增强和多样化我们对克里斯托弗·哥伦布之前和之后在美国的金属生产，使用和价值的理解，以替代潜在的文化和历史偶然性。我们的主要策略之一是使用自下而上的方法来开发一套连贯的高分辨率，科学辅助的情境研究，这些研究可以进行时空和文化比较，从中我们可以研究思想的发展，传播和适应，体现在金工中。近年来，我们的许多工作已扩展到哥伦比亚。仅这个国家在生态环境，资源，种族和文化传统上就包含了许多多样性，在相对较小的区域内从成千上万的金属物体中得以实现，至今已有2000多年的历史。因此，与在较大区域之间进行传统的较广泛的比较相比，这是在次区域级别表征不同技术风格的绝好依据。我们主要基于UCL考古学院与波哥大黄金博物馆之间签署的合作协议，我们试图将UCL在考古冶金方面的专业知识与博物馆工作人员对他们商店中成千上万件文物和无数文化的深入了解相结合是谁创造，使用和存放它们的。本报告概述了最近和当前的工作和出版物的三行内容。