Global silver trade from the 16th to 18th centuries American mining for the early part of the 16th Century. Mining in the Americas became formally industrialized when the process of mercury amalgamation became popularized. Mercury amalgamation was invented by a Spaniard in central Mexico in the 1550s. Historians dispute what individual was the first to invent the process, however most agree that it was a Spaniard. Mercury was the one of the highest costs of production for the Americas, since much of it had to be shipped. The ratio of Mercury to silver produced was about two to one. Furthermore, German miners introduced the stamp mill and lead smelting
Pot With a Lid, Tricolor (16th-15th centuries BC, Karashamb) Pot With a Lid, Tricolor (16th-15th centuries BC, Karashamb) Top With a Lid, Tricolor, from the 16th - 15th centuries BC was discovered in Karashamb. It is included in the History Museum of Armenia's collection under the number 3060-200. The pot is in the form of a barrel. The lip is straight, broken, and has two pairs of holes at the edge for hanging. Its surface is black, sealed, polished, and split into four sectors which are intermittently decorated with red okra and lit white paint triangles. The sectors are separated from each other by a pair of vertical lines