It is intriguing to me that this complex lost wax technique was used on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Was this process brought to the Americas with the explorers? Or was it used earlier than that? Did people carry the technology with them as they migrated into the Americas? Or is there any evidence that it was invented independently? Thanks!

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It was used in the Americas in pre-Columbian times.

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Art of the Americas to World War I

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Lesson 15: Ancient Colombian chiefdoms

From wax to metal: Goldmaking techniques of the ancient Colombians

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What will happen to the base and the sturts? Are they also golden?
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It is intriguing to me that this complex lost wax technique was used on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Was this process brought to the Americas with the explorers? Or was it used earlier than that? Did people carry the technology with them as they migrated into the Americas? Or is there any evidence that it was invented independently? Thanks!
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  It was used in the Americas in pre-Columbian times.
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the first set of figures in the middle you find the Eldorado raft
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they definitely used a lot of trial and error. I can't imagine looking through an entire square mile, until i found the right herb.
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