"Of Noble Kings Descended": Colonial Documents and the Ancient Southwest, by Stephen H. Lekson, PhD
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- Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024
- In this May 16, 2024 presentation for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, archaeologist Steve Lekson discusses archaeological observations as well as early Spanish and Mexican records that suggest a class structure of nobles vs. commoners existed in Chaco Canyon and other precontact societies in the U.S. Southwest. The colonial records, of course, recount events and conditions of their times, but also contain startling information that may be relevant to older places like Chaco Canyon and the Aztec Ruins in New Mexico, and the Paquimé/Casas Grandes region of Chihuahua, Mexico.
From Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá, capitan and procurador general
in Juan de Oñate’s 1598 expedition that first colonized Santa Fe, to German geographer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) who wrote extensively about the historical peoples of Mexico, Dr. Lekson reviews a number of “possible/potential/probable” insights for deeper history found in early colonial documents, and contextualizes them in light of Native accounts and archaeological data.
Stephen H. Lekson received his PhD from the University of New Mexico in 1988 and held research, curatorial, or administrative positions at the University of Tennessee, Eastern New Mexico University, the National Park Service, the Arizona State Museum, the Museum of New Mexico, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, and the Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he curated a dozen exhibits, most recently “A History of the Ancient Southwest” (2014), before retiring in 2018. During his career he directed more than 20 archaeological projects throughout the Southwest, served as Editor of the journal Kiva from 2006-2011, and has continued as Contributing Editor for Archaeology magazine since 2003. His publications include a dozen books, chapters in many edited volumes, and articles in journals and magazines. His most recent books are "A History of the Ancient Southwest" (2009), "The Chaco Meridian: One Thousand Years of Political and Religious Power in the Ancient Southwest" (2015), and "A Study of Southwestern Archaeology" (2018).
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Another wonderful video. Thanks OPAC
Excellent work OPAC, 2nd time viewing this and still learning facts and possibilities.
Borderline masterpiece- so exciting , from an old archaeologist.
A well-made argument. I can't recall it clearly, but wasn't there some evidence of Aztec connection and ritual-influence on Chaco people were discussing back in the early 00s or late 90s? I think I heard about it from a PBS documentary series, but it's been a minute :T
chocolate , red parrots, and other southern commodities, from my understanding
@@iknownuffing5442 thanks!
@@iknownuffing5442 and a tooth filed into a fang
These peoples were much more advanced than you give them credit for.
Different kinds of people meaning different height weight bone quality etc?
Great stuff about Chaco. I have seen the videos the Navajo put out about the anisazi. Very cool stuff. FYI, y'all desperately need to get someone on to talk about Cabeza De Vaca. Y'all got it wrong multiple times.
kakšna znanstvena logika je to: "imeli so sužnje, ker so vsi imeli sužnje"? :D :D :D
The Spanish Empire didnt had colonies, it had provinces.