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Copper Networks in the US Southwest, Mexican Northwest, and Mesoamerica by José Luis Punzo Díaz

Copper bells and other artifacts of cast copper have been found at many precontact archaeological sites in and near the U.S. Southwest, from Chaco Canyon southward through the Ancestral Pueblo, Mogollon, Sinagua, Hohokam, and Casas Grandes cultural regions. As yet, though, there is scant evidence that copper was mined in the Southwest and none suggesting it was smelted there to cast copper objects. So where did all these copper artifacts come from? Metallurgy, especially of copper, emerged in western Mesoamerica a little over one thousand years ago. This new type of objects was quickly appreciated by the societies of the time and was integrated into long- standing exchange networks that spanned thousands of kilometers from the earliest production sites in western Mexico to the southwestern United States. In this Old Pueblo Archaeology Center August 2025 Third Thursday Food for Thought presentation, archaeologist Dr. José Luis Punzo Díaz explores the exchange networks for these objects and how they changed over time, with special emphasis on the relationships between the southwestern U.S. and Mesoamerica. José Luis Punzo Díaz obtained his PhD in Archeology from Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia in México City. He has been a Researcher in Archeology for the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) since 2004. Over the last three decades Dr. Punzo Díaz has conducted multiple archaeology projects in México’s states of Durango, Chihuahua, and Michoacán. He has been responsible for the museum in Paquimé, Chihuahua and for archaeological zones like the Ferrería in Durango ,and Tzintzuntzan and Tingambato in Michoacán. His principal research lines are the relations between the U.S. Southwest and Mesoamerica, archaeometallurgy, and the archaeology of West Mexico. He also is experienced in the uses of drones and the Geographic Information System (GIS), LiDAR, and digital applications for archaeology and cultural patrimony. He resides in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. If you have appreciated videos posted by Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, please consider making a donation to our organization online at https://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/do... or, for longer-term support, see how you can become a member of Old Pueblo’s “Archaeology Opportunities” membership support organization by visiting https://www.oldpueblo.org/about-us/me....