Movement as an Acoma Way of Life: An Archaeology of the Pueblo's Pathways and Impressions

Summary

Throughout its history, the Pueblo of Acoma has been a community on the move. Even after having located their promised homeland—Haak'u, the "place prepared"—at the conclusion of a journey that began at Shipap, the "place of emergence," Acoma’s people have continued to move. With Sky City at its center, the people have engaged with their landscape in choreographed seasonal, interannual, and multigenerational movements informed by three tenets of Acoma’s traditional stewardship: Rest, Renew, and Reuse. As such, archaeological traces of Acoma’s movements represent the "footprints," "fingerprints," and "impressions" of the "living, sacrifice, and history" of Acoma’s cultural heritage.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)   •
• Pueblo Movement and the Archaeology of Becoming

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Abstract Id(s): 14808