Outside of the Reach of the Mission Bell: Tongva Ritual Practice on San Clemente Island
Author(s): Elisabeth A. Rareshide
Year: 2018
Summary
The Mission Period in Alta California (AD 1769-1834) radically changed the lives of indigenous people such as the Tongva. Many Tongva people joined the Spanish missions, but some practiced rituals connected to the Chinigchinich religion on San Clemente Island. Patterns of consumption of native and foreign material culture may reveal new layers of meaning in persistent ritual practices. With a variety of ritual features, the Lemon Tank artifact collection from San Clemente Island provides a rich source of data on Tongva ritual practices. Historical and ethnographic research connects some of these ritual features to the Chinigchinich religion. By using needle-drilled shell beads to determine which ritual features from Lemon Tank securely date to the historic period, this paper explores the development of Tongva ritual practices during the colonial period.
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Outside of the Reach of the Mission Bell: Tongva Ritual Practice on San Clemente Island. Elisabeth A. Rareshide. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441589)
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Keywords
General
Colonialism
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Missions
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Religion
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1769-1834
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): 785