People, Piedras, and Pictographs: Collaborative Archaeology in Abiquiu, New Mexico

Summary

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

A partnership with the Merced del Pueblo de Abiquiú in New Mexico includes a co-created archaeology research project that incorporates Abiquiuseños in research design, as well as a community leadership-vetted proposal and memorandum of agreement. This project strives to create ethical and accountable archaeology that is rooted in how archaeology can positively impact the contemporary community. This research addresses community-based questions archaeologically and stems from a larger ongoing project called the Berkeley-Abiquiú Collaborative Archaeology Project (BACA) that supports the Merced del Pueblo de Abiquiú in reasserting federal recognition and water rights and reclaiming lost ancestral lands. This aspect of the project operates in conversation with these issues by investigating archaeological features and material culture found throughout Abiquiu, specifically on and around the Abiquiu Mesa. This project engages in methodology centered around collaborative archaeology to tell a narrative of a precontact Abiquiú history as it has been co-created over time by Abiquiú landscape narratives and material culture. This knowledge can then be deployed by the community to identify material culture and areas of interest within the neighboring Santa Fe and Carson National Forests as part of Abiquiú ancestral Pueblo history.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33204