Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Tijeras Pueblo is a late precontact period site, located immediately east of the modern city of Albuquerque, NM. Research using archaeological collections from the site has been generated over the past 40 years, illuminating the significance of Tijeras Pueblo as a cultural crossroad associated with dynamic social changes typical of the Pueblo IV Period. In its modern context, this site continues to function as a bridge between cultures, the past, and the present. This session presents a cross section of diverse perspectives and interests involved in understanding, interpreting, and preserving Tijeras Pueblo, including a summary of recent research on the site, the use of the site and its collections as a source for public education, a discussion of management challenges related to its location on a Forest Service administrative complex, and how interpretation and research have benefited from the continued collaboration with descendant communities such as Isleta Pueblo.

Other Keywords
Ancestral Pueblo • Pueblo • Material Culture and Technology • Cultural Heritage and Preservation • Subsistence and Foodways • Cultural Resources and Heritage Management • Maize • Interpretation • Zooarchaeology • Cultural Resource Management

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory) • Sonora (State / Territory) • Chihuahua (State / Territory) • Colorado (State / Territory)

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  • The Community at the Crossroads: Insights into Connectivity from the Tijeras Pueblo Fauna (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Scott Kirk. Emily Lena Jones. Caitlin S. Ainsworth. Jana Meyer.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Tijeras Pueblo lies at a crossroads. It sits at the junction of two canyons, one north-south and one east-west, and occupies a boundary between two distinct culture areas—the Pueblos to the west and the Plains to the east. This position on the landscape may have created both challenges and opportunities...

  • Health and Resource Distribution at Tijeras Pueblo (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jana Meyer.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Tijeras Pueblo is a Pueblo IV site in Central New Mexico located on a natural travel route between the Western Great Plains and the Rio Grande Valley, which likely facilitated frequent contact between different cultural groups. This study addresses two interconnected research goals: first, to examine...

  • Interpretive Strata at Tijeras Pueblo (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Judy Vredenburg. Marc Thompson.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological Site offers a variety of integrated resources that encourage appreciation of and respect for traditional pueblo lifeways past and present. Informative strata comprise a self-guided trail, museum exhibits, a pueblo garden and native plant identification. Educational...

  • The Jewelry of Tijeras Pueblo (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Lucy Schuyler.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Beads, pendants, and other items of personal adornment were recovered during excavations at Tijeras Pueblo in 1948, 1968, the 1970s, and 1986, and are stored at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in Albuquerque and the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe. Shells from the Gulf of California, turquoise,...

  • New Life for Old Samples: Investigating the Paleoethnobotanical Record from Tijeras Canyon (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Lisa Huckell.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. University of New Mexico field school excavations carried out at Tijeras Pueblo in the Sandia Mountains by Jim Judge and Linda Cordell from 1971 to 1976 left a legacy of more than than 2,000 botanical samples, consisting of maize, flotation samples, wood samples, and macrobotanical specimens. Apart from a...

  • Rescuing Collections from Us: The Tijeras Pueblo Story (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only David Phillips. Karen Armstrong. Karen Price.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Most of the archaeological collections from Tijeras Pueblo were submitted to the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico. As was typical at the time, the collections were stored in a warehouse, using non-archival materials, with only minimal records about what was stored where. Beginning...

  • Tijeras Pueblo - Challenges and Opportunities of Managing a National Register Property within a US Forest Service Administrative Site (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Cynthia Benedict. Jeremy Kulisheck.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Sandia Ranger District administrative site has been in continuous use since the 1920s and is co-located with Tijeras Pueblo, a National Register historic property. The District office, only 20 minutes outside of Albuquerque, is one of the most heavily visited Ranger Stations in the Region. The history...

  • Tijeras Pueblo in Review: A Summary of Previous Research and Site Significance (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sandra Arazi-Coambs.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper provides an overview of the Tijeras Pueblo archaeological site, placing it within a broader academic and social context. The excavation history of the site will be discussed, along with previous research, and past and modern significance. In its current context, Tijeras Pueblo has become of...

  • Tiwa Mural/Map Project: The "Tiwa World" (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Deborah Jojola.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological Site Mural/Map Project is intended to place Tijeras Pueblo in context with the many Tiwa-speaking Pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. It offers a broad perspective on the environment and interrelationships of the Tiwa world...

  • Tree-Rings Tales from Tijeras Pueblo (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Carla Van West.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper describes how Linda Cordell, working with colleagues, including me, used building timbers to (1) date room construction and village occupation at Tijeras Pueblo, (2) understand villager’s choices about wood use, (3) describe changing climate conditions associated with the village’s occupation,...

  • Turquoise, Lead and Copper at Tijeras Pueblo and Environs (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Secord.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. How did the people of Tijeras Pueblo acquire and use non-lithic and non-ground stone mineral resources? What role did such resources play in communities in the region east of the Sandia and Manzano Mountains? Minerals addressed include turquoise, galena (lead ore), and various copper compounds....

  • The Western Connection: Using Comparative NAA Data to Source Glaze Wares from Tijeras Pueblo (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Judith Habicht-Mauche. Suzanne Eckert.

    This is an abstract from the "Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Non-local glaze-painted pottery types, such as Heshotautla and Kwakina polychromes, comprise more than 20% of the decorated ceramic assemblage at Tijeras Pueblo (LA581). Despite Tijeras Pueblo’s location at the eastern edge of the Albuquerque basin in the central Rio Grande region, these pottery types...