The second volume of my Metallography and Metallurgy Series Volumes has just been published. ISBN 978-0-9829338-4-8. This deals with the Metallurgy of Ancient Colombia and Ecuador. 500 pages, full colour throughout, an extensive catalogue of fragments of goldwork from Colombia, their analyses by EPMA and AAS and some metallography. The major concentration is on the alloys of gold, gold-platinum and gold-silver-copper. For further details contact the author, or your bookseller.