Pottery Assemblage Change from the 16th to 19th Centuries in the Pueblo of Pojoaque

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Most studies of Colonial Period Tewa pottery have focused on complete vessels collected in recent times. Between 2016-2019 a team of students and volunteers at the University of Colorado Boulder had the opportunity to study excavated potsherd collections from 1952 excavations by Florence Hawley Ellis at two sites within the Pueblo of Pojoaque. The Garcia Site contains an assemblage dating from the Spanish Contact period through the Pueblo Revolt, roughly 1500-1680; and the Old Pojoaque Dump contains an assemblage dating primarily to the Colonial Period, from 1706 to about 1900. In this paper I summarize some of the most interesting patterns we observed, including: 1) evidence for the in-migration of Tano potters from the Galisteo Basin in the 17th century; 2) several changes related to the incorporation of wheat into the economy; and 3) evidence of efforts to mimic the appearance of cast-iron cookware. We also had difficulty establishing internal divisions of the Colonial Period. These findings provide a basis for comparison of assemblages from contemporary Hispano sites.

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• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 37861.0