El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

The El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro is a National Historic trail that was used for over 300 by many groups of people. The trail connects Mexico City, Mexico to Santa Fe, New Mexico and was used for trade and the colonization efforts of the Spanish in New Mexico. Sites along the trail include pueblos, churches, towns and campsites.

This project represents a multi-national, multi-institutional effort to protect and curate the information from this complex trade route.

Site Name Keywords
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro • San Diego North Fork • LA 80081 • Los Medanos • Detroit Tank • LA 6346 • Paraje San Diego

Site Type Keywords
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Trail • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Encampment

Other Keywords
Site Photograph

Culture Keywords
Historic • Euroamerican • Spanish • Mogollon

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation

Material Types
Metal • Ceramic • Iron • Majolica • historic ceramics • Mexican glazeware • Muleshoe

Temporal Keywords
Spanish Colonial Period • American Civil War • Mexican-American War • American Frontier • Early Pithouse Period

Geographic Keywords
New Mexico (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Doña Ana County (County) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country)