Strains of Different Cultures Embedded in the 400 Year Old Spanish Language of Northern New Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Chicanx Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

As the oldest center of Hispano/Mexicano culture in the United States, northern New Mexico offers a unique view into this culture’s presence in what is now the continental United States. Due to the centuries-long isolation of the region and the relatively dense population of Spanish speakers, northern New Mexico’s four hundred year-old Hispano/Mexicano culture continues to live and adapt to new conditions of life. It also maintains many of its core elements including a strong attachment to land, family, religion, music, traditional foods and language. An examination of some of the linguistic peculiarities of the Spanish spoken by this community will reveal its amalgamation of diverse cultural influences ranging from Nahuatl to English.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Chicanx Archaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25031