Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

11/1/1970 - 1/31/1973

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$65,002.00 (approved)
$65,002.00 (awarded)


Comparative Studies in Ancient Metallurgical Technologies

FAIN: RO-10957-71

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA 02139-4307)
Arthur R. Steinberg (Project Director: November 1970 to present)

To expand work on pre-Colombian metallurgical technologies of Peru and neighboring areas both by exploring sites in Peru for evidence of metallurgical activity and by further labratory studies on more of the complex alloys of the area.