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San Gabriel del Yungue: As Seen By An Archaeologist

San Gabriel del Yungue: As Seen By An Archaeologist

Ellis, Florence Hawley

Paperback

ArchaeologyGeneral United States History

Publisher Price: $14.95

ISBN10: 086534129X
ISBN13: 9780865341296
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Published: Jan 1 2016
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.45 Depth: 8.45
Language: English

In 1598, the Spanish conquistador, Don Juan de Oñate, founded the first capital of New Mexico in an old Indian settlement on the west bank of the Rio Grande river. This colony and others prospered until, years later the Indians revolted, destroying this village which was then lost for centuries. But, in 1959, Florence Hawley Ellis, a famous pioneer anthropologist, was asked by San Juan Indian Pueblo to excavate a ruin on their reservation, an unheard of request as Pueblos usually denied permission for excavations on their lands. A badly corroded Spanish archer's helmet had been found by an elder who was digging adobe clay. They wanted to know what they had. Her work returned San Gabriel del Yungue-the Spanish name for the first capital of New Mexico-and its five domed ovens, the first built in this land, to their rightful place on the map. This book is the story of that awakening.

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