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William Campbell Root, 1904–1969

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Frederick Johnson
Frederick Johnson*
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R. S. Peabody Foundation Andover, Massachusetts
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American Antiquity , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , July 1970 , pp. 363 - 364
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1970

References

Root, William C.. 1937a Analysis of aboriginal metal artifacts from Code and adjacent regions. In S. K. Lothrop, Code, an archaeological study of central Panama. Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Memoir 7, Appendix 11:307–309Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1937b The metallurgy of Arizona and New Mexico. In H. S. Gladwin, et al, Excavations at Snaketown. Gila Pueblo, Medallion Papers, No. 25, Appendix II: 276–277.Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1942 Studies in the use of metals in Pre-Columbian America. American Philosophical Society, Yearbook, 1941: 232–234.Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1943 A study of some copper objects from Guatemala. In B. P. Dutton, Excavations at Tajumulco, Guatemala. School of American Research, Monograph 9:115–116.Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1949a The metallurgy of the southern coast of Peru. American Antiquity 15:10–37 Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1949b Metallurgy. In Handbook of South American Indians. Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 143, Vol. 5: 205–225.Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1950a Report on some metal objects from Veraguas. In S. K. Lothrop, Archaeology of southern Veraguas, Panama. Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Memoir 9:93–96 Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1950b Metallurgical analyses and their aid to archaeology. Viking Fund conference, New York.Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1951a Gold copper alloys in ancient America. Journal of Chemical Education 28:76.Google Scholar
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Root, William C.. 1952 Mexican bronze, Copper-lead alloys. Short entries in The metallurgy of Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico. Metallurgical tools and materials. In S. K. Lothrop, Metals from the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Memoir 10.Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1953 Report on some metal objects from Zaculeu. In R. B. Woodbury and A. S. Frick, The Ruins of Zaculeu, Guatemala, Vol. 1. United Fruit Co.Google Scholar
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Root, William C.. 1961b Metallurgical examination of five copper artifacts from southern Michigan. In James B. Griffin (ed.), Lake Superior copper and the Indians. Miscellaneous studies of Great Lakes prehistory. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Anthropological Papers, No. 17:148–150Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1962 Report on the metal objects from Mayapan. In H. E. D. Pollack, Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 9:391–399:Google Scholar
Root, William C.. 1967 Some notes on pre-Columbian metal casting. In Martin-Levey (ed.), Archaeological chemistry, a symposium. University of Pennsylvania Press.Google Scholar
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