A Cache of Colonial Period Religious Medallions from Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico

Author(s): Michael Adler

Year: 2021

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In May 1988, reconstruction activity at the historic mission church at Picuris Pueblo by community members found a small stone box covered with a mano (grinding stone) and containing 27 items, including 18 religious medallions, four metal crucifixes, three crucifixes with inset glass beads, and three thin metal rings. This paper considers the origins and potential meanings of this ritual cache given the long history of pre- and postcontact burial of traditional ritual items at Picuris Pueblo and other Northern Rio Grande pueblo communities.

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A Cache of Colonial Period Religious Medallions from Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico. Michael Adler. Presented at The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2021 ( tDAR id: 467511)

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Keywords

General
Colonial Ritual Practices • Ethnohistory/History • Pueblo • Ritual and Symbolism

Geographic Keywords
North America: Southwest United States

Spatial Coverage

min long: -124.365; min lat: 25.958 ; max long: -93.428; max lat: 41.902 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 32644