Our World: Archaeologists and Zuni Knowledge Keepers Create a Shared Narrative of Life in the Mogollon Highlands

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Collaborative Archaeology: How Native American Knowledge Enhances Our Collective Understanding of the Past" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Mogollon Highlands of west-central New Mexico, despite a flurry of archaeological activity in the mid-twentieth century, have long been treated by archaeologists as a cultural backwater of the American Southwest. Boundary zone, frontier, and crossroads are labels that most frequently are applied. However, these labels are incorrect and a product of deep-seated assumptions by archaeologists, as well as a lack of accessible research. Since 2015, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science has conducted pedestrian surveys around the town of Reserve, New Mexico, that demonstrate the incredibly rich history of the Mogollon Highlands. Data from these surveys is presented and interpreted here in collaboration with members of the Zuni Cultural Resource Assessment Team.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Collaborative Archaeology: How Native American Knowledge Enhances Our Collective Understanding of the Past   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39067.0