A Phenomenology of Field Houses

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Field Houses and Traditional Agricultural Landscapes of the Northern US Southwest" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Alfonso Ortiz once told me that as a child he looked forward with great anticipation to the growing season. This was the time when he and his family would move from their village homes to occupy their field house and tend their crops. He recalled it as a special time, one when he was "free from the watchful eyes of his aunties". This comment has always stuck with me. It is testimony of the rhythms of Pueblo Indian village life and the nature of distributed childcare. In my paper, I offer some reflections upon my dissertation research (conducted almost 30 years ago!) which examined the social significance of ancestral Tewa field houses on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Field Houses and Traditional Agricultural Landscapes of the Northern US Southwest   •
• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)

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Abstract Id(s): 51916