Article Title

Metals in Ancient Mesoamerica

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Book of Mormon metals, gold, silver, iron, ancient Mesoamerica

Abstract

Metals are mentioned frequently in the Book of Mormon. Gold, silver, iron and copper were important parts of the material culture during both Jaredite and Nephite times (Eth . 10:23, Hel. 6:9). There have been few metal artifacts, though, recovered archaeologically from Mesoamerican sites. This has led some specialists to insist that metallurgy was unknown in the region before late classic (A.D. 700 to 900) times.

Recommended Citation

(1984) "Metals in Ancient Mesoamerica," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 4: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol4/iss1/8