A Ceramic Analysis of San Miguel de Carnué Plaza Complex (LA 12924)

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Hill People: New Research on Tijeras Canyon and the East Mountains" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper will present my analysis of ceramics recovered during the 2022 New Mexico State University Archaeological Field School at the land grant plaza settlement of San Miguel de Carnué (LA 12924), located in Tijeras Canyon. This analysis offers new insight into the lifestyles and trading patterns of the settlers who occupied this site between 1763 and 1771. Identification of different decorative styles and tempering materials, in some cases, allows us to determine where some ceramic vessels were first created and to reconstruct the routes they took to eventually arrive at Carnué. The identification of earlier pottery types within the collection also offers greater insights into the site’s occupational history, and into the natural and cultural formation processes that have shaped the archaeological record.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Hill People: New Research on Tijeras Canyon and the East Mountains   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35951.0