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TOOLS AND METALWORK

From the earliest stone scrapers made by Latin America's first settlers, to the intricately designed metal mace heads and knives of the later inhabitants of the Andean highlands, tools have been produced in Latin America for more than 12,000 years.Search the Artifacts database (Subject - Tools) to view the different types of tools in our collection. They are manufactured from metal, stone and wood and served a variety of purposes, both practical and ritual. Read about the origins of metallurgy in Latin America or the use of obsidian for tool production in our selection of Featured Artifacts. You can also read about an ancient stone tool found near a large deposit of animal bones at the Villatoro Mastodon site in Guatemala.

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Featured Artifacts

• Prehistoric Metallurgy in Latin America - Gold, Copper and Bronze
• Obsidian Use In Latin America
• Chorrera Stone Objects
• Mayan Eccentric Flints
• Quiver and Darts
• Violence, Warfare, and Weaponry in the Ancient Andes