Situational Identities along the Raiding Frontier of Colonial New Mexico examines pluralistic communities that navigated between colonial and indigenous practices to negotiate strategic alliances with both sides of generations-old conflicts. The rich history of the southwestern community of Casitas Viejas straddles multiple cultures and identities and is representative of multiple settlements in the region of northern New Mexico that served as a “buffer,” protecting the larger towns of New Spain from Apache, Navajo, Ute, and Comanche raiders. These genÍzaro settlements of Indo-Hispano settlers…mehr
Situational Identities along the Raiding Frontier of Colonial New Mexico examines pluralistic communities that navigated between colonial and indigenous practices to negotiate strategic alliances with both sides of generations-old conflicts. The rich history of the southwestern community of Casitas Viejas straddles multiple cultures and identities and is representative of multiple settlements in the region of northern New Mexico that served as a “buffer,” protecting the larger towns of New Spain from Apache, Navajo, Ute, and Comanche raiders. These genÍzaro settlements of Indo-Hispano settlers used shrewd cross-cultural skills to survive. Researching the dynamics of these communities has long been difficult, due in large part to the lack of material records. In this innovative case study, Jun U. Sunseri examines persistent cultural practices among families who lived at Casitas Viejas and explores the complex identities of the region’s communities. Applying theoretical and methodological approaches, Sunseri adds oral histories, performative traditions of contemporary inhabitants, culinary practices, and local culture to traditional archaeology to shed light on the historical identities of these communities that bridged two worlds.
Jun U. Sunseri is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.
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List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Standing Fast in the Middle Ground Community Research Mandates as a Privilege to Earn for Historical Archaeology A Spanish Colonial Project in a Native American Landscape (Un)documented New Mexico Previous Archaeological Research Chapter 2. Digging Out Community Picturing the Cast(a) of the Drama in Northern New Mexico Frontline Families and Opportunities A Turning Point on a Critical Frontier Viewing Research on the Borderlands from a Distance Borderlands Identities as Strategy A Historical Archaeology of Identity as a Complex of Possibilities Concepts of Homescape and Hearthscape Chapter 3. Homescape Landscape and Identity Maps and Mappings The Tactical Homescape The Engineered Homescape Evaluating Topographic Space for Potential as Agricultural Place Modeling Hydrodynamics of Acequia Irrigation Palimpsests of Place Along the Rito Colorado Landscape Dimensions in Dialogue Chapter 4. Hearthscape Tools Pottery as Foodway Toolkits Who made these pots? Typologies and Historic New Mexican Pottery Choosing Clay for Making Pots Transformations of Clay into Tools The Thermodynamic Art of Firing Pots in Performance A Process of Identity Chapter 5. Hearthscape Ingredients Grazing to Gravy What Animals Were Part of Life at Casitas? Creation of the Faunal Archaeological Record Animal Bodies Becoming Portions Transformations into Food Tool Marks and Burning How was Meat Portioned and Consumed? Hearthscape Evidence in Dialog Chapter 6. Historical Archaeology of a Place beyond Labels Foodways Stages of Production and Consumption Production Practices Related to Consumption Use and Disposal Hearthscape Trends Across the Plazuela Tactical and Engineering Perspectives on Homescape Practices Complicating Identity on the Frontier By Putting Scales in Dialogue EPILOGUE: Protecting a Guardian of the Frontier New Directions for Future Research Archaeology and Preservation as Memory, Performance, and Political Action REFERENCES CITED
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Standing Fast in the Middle Ground Community Research Mandates as a Privilege to Earn for Historical Archaeology A Spanish Colonial Project in a Native American Landscape (Un)documented New Mexico Previous Archaeological Research Chapter 2. Digging Out Community Picturing the Cast(a) of the Drama in Northern New Mexico Frontline Families and Opportunities A Turning Point on a Critical Frontier Viewing Research on the Borderlands from a Distance Borderlands Identities as Strategy A Historical Archaeology of Identity as a Complex of Possibilities Concepts of Homescape and Hearthscape Chapter 3. Homescape Landscape and Identity Maps and Mappings The Tactical Homescape The Engineered Homescape Evaluating Topographic Space for Potential as Agricultural Place Modeling Hydrodynamics of Acequia Irrigation Palimpsests of Place Along the Rito Colorado Landscape Dimensions in Dialogue Chapter 4. Hearthscape Tools Pottery as Foodway Toolkits Who made these pots? Typologies and Historic New Mexican Pottery Choosing Clay for Making Pots Transformations of Clay into Tools The Thermodynamic Art of Firing Pots in Performance A Process of Identity Chapter 5. Hearthscape Ingredients Grazing to Gravy What Animals Were Part of Life at Casitas? Creation of the Faunal Archaeological Record Animal Bodies Becoming Portions Transformations into Food Tool Marks and Burning How was Meat Portioned and Consumed? Hearthscape Evidence in Dialog Chapter 6. Historical Archaeology of a Place beyond Labels Foodways Stages of Production and Consumption Production Practices Related to Consumption Use and Disposal Hearthscape Trends Across the Plazuela Tactical and Engineering Perspectives on Homescape Practices Complicating Identity on the Frontier By Putting Scales in Dialogue EPILOGUE: Protecting a Guardian of the Frontier New Directions for Future Research Archaeology and Preservation as Memory, Performance, and Political Action REFERENCES CITED
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