Coronado and Spanish Colonial and American Indian Trade at Pecos National Historical Park, New Mexico: Archaeological Evidence

Author(s): Douglas Scott

Year: 2013

Summary

Spain's first contact with Pecos Pueblo occurred in 1541 when Francisco Coronado besiege the site. Formal trade began about 1590 and continued until the Pueblo was abandoned in the 1830s.  Spain's entrada in northern New Mexico superceded a vibrant trade with the Plains Apached and Comanche that had been on-going for over 150 years prior to contact.  A intense metal detecting sampling suvery of selected areas of Pecos National Historical Park resulted in the finding of over 1350 metal targets. An approximately 20% sample of the targets were excavated. Evidence of Coronado's entrada and later Spanish Colonial, Mexican, and United States trade and presence was found in the archaeological record. The extent and nature of the archaeological data is presented.

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Coronado and Spanish Colonial and American Indian Trade at Pecos National Historical Park, New Mexico: Archaeological Evidence. Douglas Scott. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428513)

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Keywords

Temporal Keywords
1540-1850

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): 596