(How Minerals Made Civilization)
Video Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Metal in Ancient Mexico
02:41 Ringing of the Bells
03:46 Origins of Bells in Mexico
04:44 Why Mexico is So Mineral Rich
07:04 After Teotihuacán
08:00 Advances in Metallurgy
10:22 Rise of the Aztec Empire
12:56 Why Not Weapons?
14:18 Credits
References and Further Reading
Maldonado, Blanca. "Mesoamerican Metallurgical Technology and Production." The Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology. 2012.
Hosler, Dorothy. The sounds and colors of power: The sacred metallurgical technology of ancient west Mexico. MIT Press, 1994.
Hosler, Dorothy. "Mesoamerican metallurgy: the perspective from the west." Archaeometallurgy in global perspective. Springer, New York, NY, 2014. 329-359.
