Abstract
Archæology, ethnohistory, ethnography—three methodologies within the same body of theory—can be used cooperatively to reconstruct the cultural history of Hispanic Northern New Mexico. The leads suggested for the investigation of Hispanic culture are discussed under the interrelated headings of ecology, social organization, and trade. Other benefits of intensive joint work include distinguishing ideal from real culture and testing theories of culture change. The approach outlined could serve as a model for the investigation of other historical traditions in the same or other parts of the world.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Ahlborn, Richard E. 1968 The Penitente Moradas of Abiquiú. Contibutions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 63. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Allen, William L. and James B. Richardson, III 1971 The reconstruction of kinship from archæological data: the concepts, the methods, and the feasibility. American Antiquity, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 41–53.
Barth, Fredrik 1969 Introduction. In Fredrik Barth (ed.), Ethnic groups and boundaries, pp. 9–38. Little, Brown, Boston.
Binford, Lewis R. 1972 An Archeological Perspective. Seminar Press, New York.
Binford, Sally R. and Lewis R. (eds.). 1968 New Perspectives in Archeology. Aldine, Chicago.
Boyd, E. 1974 Popular Arts of Spanish New Mexico. Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe.
Briggs, Charles L. 1974 An ethnographic study of wood carving in Córdova, New Mexico. MS, senior thesis, Colorado College.
Dozier, Edward P. 1964 The Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Current Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 79–97.
1970 Making inferences from the present to the past. In W. A. Longacre (ed.), Reconstructing prehistoric Pueblo societies, pp. 202–213. University of New Mexico, Press, Albuquerque.
Herring, Hubert 1968 A History of Latin America (3rd edition). Knopf, New York.
Hill, James N. 1970 Prehistoric social organization in the American Southwest: theory and method. In W. A. Longacre (ed.), Reconstructing prehistoric Pueblo societies, pp. 11–58. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Hume, Ivor Noël 1969 Historical Arch æology. Knopf, New York.
Jaramillo, Cleofas M. 1972 Shadows of the Past. Ancient City Press, Santa Fe.
Kutsche, Paul 1967 Ethnographic ethics in the glare of publicity. Paper delivered at annual meeting, American Anthropological Association, Washington.
Martin, Paul S. 1971 The revolution in archaeology. American Antiquity, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 1–8.
Merriman, Roger Bigelow 1918 The Rise of the Spanish Empire. Vol. 1, The Middle Ages. MacMillan, New York.
Schuyler, Robert L. 1970 Historical and historic sites, archæology as anthropology: basic definitions and relationships. Historical Archæology, Vol. 4, pp. 83–89.
Simmons, Marc 1969 Settlement patterns and village plans in colonial New Mexico. Journal of the West, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 7–21.
1971 The Fighting Settlers of Seboyeta. San Marcos Press, Cerrillos, N.M.
1972 Spanish irrigation practices in New Mexico. New Mexico Historical Review, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 135–150.
Smith, Andrew T. 1976 The founding of the San Antonio de las Huertas grant. Social Science Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 35–43.
Swadesh, Frances Leon 1974 Los Primeros Pobladores. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Ind.
van Dresser, Peter 1972 A Landscape for Humans. Biotechnic Press, Albuquerque.
Van Ness, John R. 1975 The Polvadera grant: a history of chicanery and fraud. Paper delivered at annual meeting, Western Social Science Association, Denver.
Weaver, Thomas 1965 Social structure, change and conflict in a New Mexico village. MS, doctoral dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.
Weigle, Marta 1976 Brothers of Light, Brothers of Blood. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Woodward, Dorothy 1935 The Penitentes of New Mexico. MS, doctoral dissertation, Yale.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Kutsche, P., Van Ness, J.R. & Smith, A.T. A unified approach to the anthropology of Hispanic Northern New Mexico: Historical archæology, ethnohistory, and ethnography. Hist Arch 10, 1–16 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03373994
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03373994