The Zooarchaeological Remains from San Miguel de Carnué (LA 12924)

Summary

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

I present an analysis of zooarchaeological remains recovered from the 2022 New Mexico State University Archaeological Field School directed by Dr. Kelly Jenks and a 1946 University of New Mexico Archaeological Field School directed by Dr. Paul Reiter at the ancestral frontier settlement of San Miguel de Carnué, occupied AD 1763-1771 in Tijeras Canyon, east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. This analysis is shaped by the understandings of the cultural, ecological, and economic changes caused by the introduction of domestic animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats as New Mexico‘s communities were drawn into Spain’s transoceanic empire. I analyze human, animal, and environmental modifications, variations in anatomical part representations, taxonomic abundance, animal management styles, and how these animals contributed to the colonial economy. I compare my results to zooarchaeological assemblages recovered from Paa-ko, Tijeras Pueblo, and other neighboring sites in the Tijeras Canyon region.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

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

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Abstract Id(s): 41734.0