Tijeras Pueblo in Review: A Summary of Previous Research and Site Significance

Summary

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 center of archaeological and cultural education and a place where knowledge is both created and disseminated. Occupying a very public space in the community, the site and its collections have become teaching tools for a young generation of archaeologists, avocational volunteers, and the greater Albuquerque community. Continued collaboration with Isleta Pueblo also presents an opportunity for the site to be used as a platform for pueblo members to engage their own communities and maintain strong connections with their ancestral site.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and Public Education at Tijeras Pueblo, New Mexico

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Abstract Id(s): 24059