Vecino Archaeology and the Politics of Play
Author(s): Sunday Eiselt
Year: 2016
Summary
Francis Swadesh identified an 18th century vecino cultural pattern, which after American occupation, retracted into the isolated hills and tributary valleys of the northern Rio Grande. This paper investigates the impacts of the American invasion on vecino culture through a consideration of children’s artifacts and fantasy play. As children were gradually excluded from the workforce and drawn into the home, they were simultaneously pulled into an expanding commercial market and public educational realm. Elders today observe that this historical process has disenfranchised local youth from traditional village life in the St Francis of Assisi Parish, New Mexico.
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Vecino Archaeology and the Politics of Play. Sunday Eiselt. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434515)
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Keywords
General
childhood
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Hispano
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Ranchos de Taos
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Toys
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th - 20th Century
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): 590