The Old Copper Culture of North America

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[calebnome]

As a First Nation Canadian I think it would be awesome if you covered the wars between the different tribes in Canada

[joewilson]

It blows me away I only just found this channel. It's great! Thanks for the hard work and great info!

[AJones-mbzg]

Thanks for putting this together. May you could do one on the Hopewell Indian Mounds Museum where there is a wonderful collection of copper sculptures and artifacts that the Mound Builders made. More than spear heads, fish hooks, etc. they made pieces of art out of copper.

[ericwilliams]

I am indigenous and from the nation in the midwest that used copper tools, we mined, smelted, and used silver too. We primarily used copper because it was so easy to get in this region, you literally find huge pure chunks in the rivers as you walk down them. Silver was a lot harder to get and purify so there was a lot less of it. The big benefit of copper in this area is that our flint is pretty bad in this area, we had to trade with other tribes in the bad lands to get flint good enough to make tools with, copper worked as well or better as flint and we didn't have to go anywhere for it.

[free_salmon]

Always a pleasure and benefits with you thanks and 💖

[Maxcom]

Good video. I like you never knew that Native American societies worked metal, in the modern day USA and Canada at least, until relatively recently. I think you're statement at around 14:38 pretty much hits the nail on the head on why copper tools fell out of fashion in what is now the United States. I am less sure about the control elites had over the copper trade. We know that trading networks were huge across the continent, so could a commoner from a culture associated with the Mississippians get access to a small amount of copper ore if they really wanted to? Maybe? But if they were more concerned with accessing materials for practical reasons, stone might have always been the better choice. I have always felt that our understanding of Mississippian culture at its height was not well understood and its hard to confirm just how much power an elite would have. At another point in the video, you mention that there were experimental tests were conducted on recreations of copper tools to determine their durability. I'd love to read them if they are accessible somewhere and not locked behind some journal paywall. I had been under the impression that pure copper actually made a relatively poor tool, as it was very malleable and alloys (which the Old Copper Culture didn't have) were stronger. Please don't take this as me challenging your video, I think you did a great job of explaining the topic, I'd just love more things to read about it. The Old Copper Culture (or complex?) has always been fascinating to me and its great that well made videos are popping up to challenge misconceptions about pre-columbian America.

edit: lol I just saw you put your sources in the description, I'll just go there. Thanks for doing that too, lots of youtubers dont bother.

[andreabertini]

Quality content as usual pal, and I'm glad that you're learning Italian! Se ti va puoi fare un video sul neolitico italiano e sulla cultura Terramare.
Ancora complimenti e tanti saluti!

[kori]

I just found your channel. I like the way you present your facts and your quiet, reserved voice makes it eminently listenable

[kobebarka]

another brilliant piece! I can like the video as soon I open it because I know it’s gonna be amazing as always!

[marcoblauwe]

A video about the first signs for the use of Iron in Anatolia would be so great 😃👍

[JamesBarry-tq]

I'm going backwards in time listening to all your podcasts each one is wonderful

[scpdatabase]

Can you do an episode about farming but on a worldwide scale? How did the idea originate, did it pass from group to group, or did humans discover it across continents within a couple thousand years of each other?

Is it entirely a misconception that farming sprung up quickly and dominated as the way of life vs Hunter gatherer?

You might have something similar already, I’m not sure. I’ve just never heard a solid explanation for how farming took over the world…

[FLINTS-CUTLASS]

I enjoy all of your presentations NORTH 02, should do one on the North Carolina mound Indian wars

[rogermiller]

James town and the first colonies are interesting.
I really enjoy your videos.
They must be a lot of work.
Thank you

[chrisamon]

The Mississippians made all sorts of regular tools out of copper. Axes, arrowheads, a copper knife fashioned to look like a stone knife and I read that the looting company pulled a “doctor’s kit” out of Spiro Mounds made entirely out of copper. The doctor’s kit was reported as lost by the looters shortly after discovery so I don’t have a better description, but it wasn’t all just stuff for the elites during Mississippian times. You should really make a video about them.

[Highplainsprospectors]

Very accurate. We have people up north that focus their metal detecting solely on the U.S. copper culture and float copper. You should see some of the copper nuggets they find!

[georgecuyler]

We Turtle Islanders considered copper more valuable than gold or money. Although it fell out of favor due to colonial interference, we are starting to get back to work reclaiming our history and waking up the old ways.

[chrispy]

Great video! Would really like to see more lore about early native American life please! Honestly, just any native groups really please

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Heyyy man the things that you are making are awesome please can you do a video of proto - indo - europeans

[itrofim]

Copper was also used in Mesoamérica. In the Michoacán region especially, for weapons s and tools pre European contact.