"First published in England by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Limited. First United States Edition"--Title page verso
"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Art of Precolumbian Gold, the Jan Mitchell Collection" shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 9 to August 11, 1985"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248)
Introduction / Julie Jones -- The Old World and the gold from the New / Priscilla E. Muller -- Symbolism of gold in Costa Rica and its archaeological perspective / Michael J. Snarskis -- The goldwork of Panama : an iconographic and chronological perspective / Richard G. Cooke and Warwick Bray -- Cultural patterns in the prehispanic goldwork of Colombia / Clemencia Plazas and Ana María Falchetti -- Behind the golden mask : The Sicán gold artifacts from Batán Grande, Peru / Paloma Carcedo Muro and Izumi Shimada -- Ancient American metallurgy : five hundred years of study / Warwick Bray -- The catalogue / Julie Jones and Heidi King -- Bibliography