The Rediscovery of New Mexico, 1580-1594. The Explorations of Chamuscado, Espejo, Castaño de Sosa, Morlete, and Leyva de Bonilla and Rumaña

Hammond, George P.; Rey, Agapito

doi:10.1215/00182168-48.1.111

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“…Historic Spanish accounts, supported by archaeological studies, indicate that at the time of contact, turkey husbandry was widely practiced in the Rio Grande region and that these domesticated fowl were used as a source of food as well as feathers for religious practices (Hammond 1966:82-83, 98, 102, 129, 135, and 142;Hammond and Rey 1929:72, 79;McKusick 1981;Schroeder 1968:97-101;Schroeder and Matson 1965:100, 112, 115, and 145). The only two documented Rio Grande pueblos that do not appear to have practiced turkey husbandry were Taos and Pecos (Hammond 1966); however, wild turkeys were procured at these pueblos both as a source of food and feathers (Parsons 1970:23). Turkey feathers appear to have had a variety of domestic and ceremonial purposes.…”

Section: Bird Use Among Ethnographic Pueblo Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Ritual Importance of Birds in 14th-century Central New Mexico

Eckert

Clark

2009

Journal of Ethnobiology

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The Pueblo IV period (AD 1300–1450/1500) in the American Southwest witnessed the development of a number of new ritual systems in both the Western and Eastern Pueblo areas. Although associated with a diverse array of material culture, one of the most prominent aspects of these religious ideologies was the adoption of a complex of icons focusing on fertility, weather control, and community well being. Key among these motifs were birds, which appear to have played a central role in the materialization of these new ideological systems. In this paper, we evaluate the changing importance of avifauna in the ritual systems that were adopted in the 14th century in the Lower Rio Puerco area of New Mexico. Relying on ceramic, architectural, and faunal data from Pottery Mound (LA 416) and Hummingbird Pueblo (LA 578), we argue that both the imagery and use of birds in ritual contexts increased substantially at the two villages during the 14th century. These developments correspond to a new religious ideology that served to integrate the diverse populations that had aggregated in the Lower Rio Puerco area in the late 1200s.

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Section: Bird Use Among Ethnographic Pueblo Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%