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* [[wikipedia:Llanos_de_Moxos_(archaeology)|Llanos de Moxos (wikipedia)]]  
* [[wikipedia:Llanos_de_Moxos_(archaeology)|Llanos de Moxos (wikipedia)]]  


== misc notes / to do ===
== Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Americas==


* Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Americas per region:  
* Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Americas per region:  
** North America: no smelting
** North America: no smelting
*** copper readily available, malleable by hammering
*** copper readily available, malleable by hammering
*** iron ore used to make jewelry, simple tools  << confirm
**** easily exploitable in Great Lakes regions
**** but not applied to metallurgy
** South America developed smelting
** South America developed smelting
** Mesoamerica metallurgy via South American diffusion
** Mesoamerica metallurgy via South American diffusion
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== Writing in pre-Columbian Americas ==
 
* quipu
** see : [[wikipedia:Quipu|Quipu - Wikipedia]]