Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology2004165Edited by Charles E. Orser. <i>Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology</i>. London: Routledge 2002. xvi+607 pp., ISBN: 0 415 21544 7 £100/$150

Watson, Iain

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“…Hybrid wares are also known as colonowares, which were made by indigenous inhabitants in some areas of the Americas and by African slaves in others (Card 2013:7; Cordell 2013; Fennell 2011:19–23; Wheaton 2002). These and other forms of hybridity at many early Spanish-colonial settlements often have been explained by intermarriage (Cobb and DePratter 2012:456; Deagan 1973:61–64).…”

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Technologies of Domination at Mission San Bernabé, Petén, Guatemala

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The Spaniards established several congregaciones or missions in central Petén, Guatemala, shortly after the 1697 conquest of the region to help control local indigenous populations. Recent investigations at the church and community of Mission San Bernabé revealed details about the entangled relations of Mayas and Spaniards. Foucault's four technologies of domination help explicate these power relations as they were played out in the small settlement and the church at its center. Material culture differed in many ways from that of the pre-conquest Itzas, but was clearly predominantly “Maya.” Spanish-style goods and burial patterns were found as were hybrid ceramic wares, the Spanish-style artifacts most common in an elite residence, reflecting that Maya elite acted as brokers with the Spaniards. The occupants also incorporated Spanish domesticates into their diets. Some changes likely resulted from various ethnic groups residing in the same settlement, but others were the product of indigenous adaptations to the situation of contact. Nevertheless, it is clear that the mission anchored a number of strategies of domination that subdued the occupants of San Bernabé.

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