Hold on, The Inca and Maya and Aztecs all loved gold. They had very good metallurgry, but very little accessible iron. They (The Inca, at the very least) made do with very good alloys of silver, copper, tin, gold etc. Their bronzes were phenomenal for the time. What is strange to me is that they did very little oceanic exploration, considering the abundance of suitable timber.
Hold on, The Inca and Maya and Aztecs all loved gold. They had very good metallurgry, but very little accessible iron. They (The Inca, at the very least) made do with very good alloys of silver, copper, tin, gold etc. Their bronzes were phenomenal for the time. What is strange to me is that they did very little oceanic exploration, considering the abundance of suitable timber.