Mary Van Buren is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on the historical archaeology of the southern Andes.

• Introduction: Small-scale Metal Production and Long-term History in Porco, BoliviaChapter 1: Small-Scale Metal Production at the Turn of the 21st CenturyChapter 2: Small-scale Metal Production in the Age of Industrialization (1825-1964)Chapter 3: Silver Extraction under Colonial Rule (1573-1825)Chapter 4. Spanish Conquistadors and Indigenous Control of Mineral Production, 1538-1572Chapter 5. Inka Silver Mining and its Antecedents in the Southern AndesChapter 6. A Return to the Present: Kajcheo in Global Perspective Conclusion References Cited

“In this book, Van Buren uses archaeological and historical research to trace the long history of mining in Bolivia, an industry that for centuries has occupied a critical space in reinforcing colonial practices and structural inequalities in Andean nations. Her approach moves from easy equations of past and present institutions, readings that reinforce a colonizer and colonized dichotomy, or narratives predicated on the erasure of Indigenous practices. Instead, Van Buren tells a complex and intertwined story of mining at different scales, highlighting that the persistence of Indigenous technologies and values can be traced through the materiality of the institutions that sought to eradicate them.”—Carla HernÁndez Garavito, University of California, Santa Cruz

Mary Van Buren is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on the historical archaeology of the southern Andes.

• Introduction: Small-scale Metal Production and Long-term History in Porco, BoliviaChapter 1: Small-Scale Metal Production at the Turn of the 21st CenturyChapter 2: Small-scale Metal Production in the Age of Industrialization (1825-1964)Chapter 3: Silver Extraction under Colonial Rule (1573-1825)Chapter 4. Spanish Conquistadors and Indigenous Control of Mineral Production, 1538-1572Chapter 5. Inka Silver Mining and its Antecedents in the Southern AndesChapter 6. A Return to the Present: Kajcheo in Global Perspective Conclusion References Cited

“In this book, Van Buren uses archaeological and historical research to trace the long history of mining in Bolivia, an industry that for centuries has occupied a critical space in reinforcing colonial practices and structural inequalities in Andean nations. Her approach moves from easy equations of past and present institutions, readings that reinforce a colonizer and colonized dichotomy, or narratives predicated on the erasure of Indigenous practices. Instead, Van Buren tells a complex and intertwined story of mining at different scales, highlighting that the persistence of Indigenous technologies and values can be traced through the materiality of the institutions that sought to eradicate them.”—Carla HernÁndez Garavito, University of California, Santa Cruz

Mary Van Buren is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on the historical archaeology of the southern Andes.

• Introduction: Small-scale Metal Production and Long-term History in Porco, BoliviaChapter 1: Small-Scale Metal Production at the Turn of the 21st CenturyChapter 2: Small-scale Metal Production in the Age of Industrialization (1825-1964)Chapter 3: Silver Extraction under Colonial Rule (1573-1825)Chapter 4. Spanish Conquistadors and Indigenous Control of Mineral Production, 1538-1572Chapter 5. Inka Silver Mining and its Antecedents in the Southern AndesChapter 6. A Return to the Present: Kajcheo in Global Perspective Conclusion References Cited

“In this book, Van Buren uses archaeological and historical research to trace the long history of mining in Bolivia, an industry that for centuries has occupied a critical space in reinforcing colonial practices and structural inequalities in Andean nations. Her approach moves from easy equations of past and present institutions, readings that reinforce a colonizer and colonized dichotomy, or narratives predicated on the erasure of Indigenous practices. Instead, Van Buren tells a complex and intertwined story of mining at different scales, highlighting that the persistence of Indigenous technologies and values can be traced through the materiality of the institutions that sought to eradicate them.”—Carla HernÁndez Garavito, University of California, Santa Cruz