Ring the bell: A spatial comparative analysis of copper bells between the Greater Southwest and Michoacán.

Summary

Recent studies about metal work in the Proyecto Arqueologia y Paisaje del Area Centro Sur de Michoacan gave us the possibility of analyze a wide sample of copper bells from different collections and in museums along this western state in Mexico. In this paper we will present a comparative analysis between our database of Michoacan’s copper bells with the ones found in the USA southwest and specially in Paquime, Chihuahua, focusing on the Period 2 (AD 1200-1300 to Spanish invasion) like the most productive time for metal items in west Mexico. With this work we will try to establish different possibilities for interaction between Michoacan as a producing zone of copper items and the Greater Southwest where for the moment many researchers accept that there’s no evidence of production of metal.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Examining Webs of Social Relations: New Research in West Mexican Archaeology and West Mexico-U.S. Southwest Connections   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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