FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Question
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painted clay
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architectural structure
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cut and hammered gold
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basalt sculpture
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ceramic, white on red slip
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over a hundred years since Blake disappeared with the knowledge of the Lost Inca gold’s location, the gold has not been found and the search continues.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gold in the Americas was a prized material for objects of adornment. It was also valued for its religious symbolism. For the Inca and other peoples of the Andean region of South America, gold was the “sweat of the sun, ” the most sacred of all deities.
Detailed explanation-3: -In exchange for their king, the Incas offered Pizarro a room filled once with gold and twice with silver. Gold, therefore, was used as a payment in the form of ransom to the Spanish conquistadores for the return of the Inca emperor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Incas used gold to make ritual objects, trinkets, and jewelry. Combinations of gold and silver, and gold and copper (called tumbaga) were also used. Wearing gold jewelry was a sign of a person’s wealth and power. When a wealthy person died, his or her tomb would be filled with precious gold and silver objects.