Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Talks: Scott Ortman presents Re-thinking 17th Century New Mexico
Join us for an evening of learning, community and refreshments! Recent studies of the initial century of Spanish contact in New Mexico have been grounded in Post-Colonial theory and have tended to focus on population decline, resistance and revitalization. The hardships brought on by Spanish colonization were real, but contemporary Pueblo tradition also incorporates ideas and practices that were introduced by Spanish settlers. This suggests a deeper understanding of the Columbian encounter can be obtained through study of this incorporation process. In this talk, I review archaeological, ethnographic, and linguistic evidence to examine why certain elements of Spanish culture were incorporated into Pueblo tradition while others were not, to document the effects of introduced domesticates for Pueblo settlement and land-use, and to determine the extent to which Spanish introductions affected material standards of living, or what Pueblo people refer to today as “abundance.”
Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Talks: Scott O...
Date and Time
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM MDT
06/26/2018 6:30pm
Location
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Center 848 NM - 68 Alcalde NM 87511