Third Thursday Food for Thought Presentation – “Copper Networks in the U.S. Southwest, Mexican Northwest, and Mesoamerica”
August 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
On August 21, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” program presents “Copper Networks in the U.S. Southwest, Mexican Northwest, and Mesoamerica” by archaeologist José Luis Punzo Díaz, Ph.D. This free online Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm, ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time (same as Pacific Daylight Time).
The emergence of metallurgy, especially copper, took place in western Mesoamerica a little over a thousand years ago. This new type of objects was quickly appreciated by the societies of the time and 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 presentation, we will explore 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. Dr. Punzo Díaz has been an archaeology researcher for Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH, the National Institute of Anthropology and History) since 2004.
To register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HpXYeO5-T4mCAUcpW0UvZg. For more information contact Old Pueblo at info@oldpueblo.org or 520-798-1201.
Flyer: 20250821(v2)ThirdThursday_PunzoDíaz_PrecontactCopperNetworks
Caption: Some Mexican archaeological copper artifacts, photos courtesy of José Luis Punzo Díaz (not all shown at the same scale)