New Information from Old Collections: The Wendorf and Ellis Collections from Cuyamungue and Pojoaque Pueblos

Summary

This is an abstract from the "From Collaboration to Partnership in Pojoaque, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Over the past five years, the University of Colorado, along with the Pueblo of Pojoaque and the Colorado Archaeological Society, have been analyzing the ceramics collected by Fred Wendorf at Cuyamugue Pueblo (LA38) and Florence Hawley Ellis at Pojoaque Pueblo (LA61) in the 1950s. Just through visual macroscopic analyses and measurements, we have been able to learn about changes in occupation of these two pueblos, changes in standards of living or household wealth, incorporation of Spanish foods and products, food preparation and cooking practices, and changes in style over time. Specifically, we have been able to quantitatively assess changes in material conditions of life through tabulating changes in the ratio of fine-wares to cooking-wares, as well as identifying and tabulating trade wares. With regards to incorporation of Spanish products, we have been able to track the adoption and incorporation of wheat and other Spanish foods into the Pueblo diet, through analyzing and quantifying changes in vessel form and use-wear through time. This paper will present the methods and findings from these analyses, highlighting the potentials for gaining new knowledge by re-visiting and re-analyzing old collections with new questions.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• From Collaboration to Partnership in Pojoaque, New Mexico

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Abstract Id(s): 23590