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Notes From The Documentary History, The Language, And The Rituals And Customs Of Jemez Pueblo, Blanche Wurdeck Harper
Notes From The Documentary History, The Language, And The Rituals And Customs Of Jemez Pueblo, Blanche Wurdeck Harper
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The documentary history of the pueblo of Jemez begins with the Coronado expedition of 1954, the events of which were chronicled by Pedro de Castaneda. This first visit of the Spanish to Jemez was under the command of Captain Francisco Barrionuevo, and took place in the fall of the year. Barrionuevo was sent northward up the Jemez Valley for the purpose of exploring the Jemez province, which was already so named. Castaneda, who accompanied Barrionuevo, says that there were seven towns in the Jemez province, and three others in the province of Aguas Callentes. The latter province, according to Simpson, …
A Plan For An Archaeological Survey Of The Pueblo Plateau, Reginald G. Fisher
A Plan For An Archaeological Survey Of The Pueblo Plateau, Reginald G. Fisher
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In referring to that area in the southwestern part of the United States and the northern part of Mexico over which is spread the remains of a once prolific and virile civilization, that of the Pueblo Indian, many names have been used. Some of these are very indefinite, and of little descriptive value, when one looks into the exact meaning of them. To those who know what was meant to be conveyed by these names, they no doubt are sufficient, but one ignorant of these denotations would probably be lead into misunderstandings. Such names as "The Great American Desert", the …