Study of the collection of metallic objects of the Villa Rica de la Veracruz (Veracruz)
Keywords:
villa rica, hernán cortés, conquista, barcos, reutilizaci´´onAbstract
In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived at the coast of Veracruz (Mexico) and founded the City of Villa Rica de la Veracruz, to provide legal validity to the conquest of Mexico and to have a rear base. So, he began the building of a fortress and other structures of what would be one of the first European cities in continental America. After the conquest, the city was abandoned in 1525.
The Villa Rica site is unique because it is one of the oldest European sites on the American continent, because of its important role in the conquest, because of the exceptional nature of its artifacts and because, due to the brief occupation of the city, it is truly a time capsule.
In 1951 the first archaeological campaign of the city was carried out, and between 1988-1991 there was the second one. This paper analyzes the metallic objects’ collection recovered in this last one, including iron and copper elements.
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