Impacts of the Coronado Expedition on Social Networks at Piedras Marcadas Pueblo, New Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Ceramic Petrographers in the Americas: Recent Research and Methodological Advances" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Between late 1540 and early 1541, the Vázquez de Coronado expedition laid siege to the Southern Tiwa ancestral community of Piedras Marcadas and fought the Pueblo’s residents. Eventually, the Coronado expedition left the Rio Grande valley and moved north and east to the Plains. Piedras Marcadas was occupied for about 250 years prior to the siege, and occupation continued in much reduced form until the early 1600s. In this poster, we explore the social networks reflected in trade relationships of pottery both before and after the siege. Do these social networks change with this event, or do they stay the same? The entire Rio Grande Glazeware sequence, from 1300 to the early 1600s CE, of pottery types (Glaze A to Glaze F) is found at Piedras Marcadas. Petrographic analysis of the temper and paste characteristics can tell us what other communities or regions the village residents interacted with and if the siege impacted those social networks.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Ceramic Petrographers in the Americas: Recent Research and Methodological Advances   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 37909.0