Colonowares and Colono-kachinas in the Spanish-American Borderlands: Appropriation and Authenticity in Pueblo Material Culture, 1600-1950
Author(s): Matthew Liebmann
Year: 2016
Summary
Following the Spanish colonization of New Mexico, Pueblo peoples began to adopt various technologies, cultural practices, and beliefs introduced to them by their colonial overlords. This tradition continues today, with contemporary appropriations of "foreign" elements into "traditional" Pueblo practices. How should we as historical archaeologists interpret this appropriation of outside influences and material culture? This paper explores the phenomenon of post-colonial difference through case studies of "non-traditional" twentieth-century kachina dolls and seventeenth-century Pueblo-Spanish colonowares.
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Colonowares and Colono-kachinas in the Spanish-American Borderlands: Appropriation and Authenticity in Pueblo Material Culture, 1600-1950. Matthew Liebmann. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434566)
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Keywords
General
Borderlands
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Pueblo
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Southwest
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1600-1950
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 967