A history of mobility in New Mexico : mobile landscapes and persistent places / Lindsay M. Montgomery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Lindsay M. (Lindsay Martel), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--New Mexico--History.

Migration, Internal.

Human geography--New Mexico--History.

Human geography.

Indians of North America--New Mexico--History.

Indians of North America.

New Mexico--Social conditions.

New Mexico.

New Mexico--Antiquities.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2021.

Biography/History:

Lindsay M. Montgomery is an assistant professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, USA. She is co-author of Objects of Survivance (2019), and has published in the Journal of Social Archeology, International Journal of Heritage Studies, American Indian Quarterly, and Advances in Archaeological Practice. Her research focuses on the ethnohistory of Indigenous people in the North American West, with particular emphasis on documenting interethnic interaction, settler colonialism, and cultural resiliency.

Summary:

A History of Mobility in New Mexicouses the often-enigmatic chipped stone assemblages of the Taos Plateau to chart patterns of historical mobility in northern New Mexico. Drawing on evidence of spatial patterning and geochemical analyses of stone tools across archaeological landscapes, the book examines the distinctive mobile modalities of different human communities, documenting evolving logics of mobility--residential, logistical, pastoral, and settler colonial. In particular, it focuses on the diversity of ways that Indigenous peoples have used and moved across the Plateau landscape from deep time into the present. The analysis of Indigenous movement patterns is grounded in critical Indigenous philosophy, which applies core principles within Indigenous thought to the archaeological record in order to challenge conventional understandings of occupation, use, and abandonment. Providing an Indigenizing approach to archaeological research and new evidence for the long-term use of specific landscape features, A History of Mobility in New Mexicopresents an innovative approach to human-environment interaction for readers and scholars of North American history.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

In search of songs

1. Place on the move

The climate and ecology

The horse

The locomotive

Notes

Bibliography

PART I: Indigenizing the archaeology of mobility

In search of Indigenous futurism

2. Indigenous history

A land-based model of Indigenous History

In search of the right words

3. A note on Indigenous style

Principles for writing with and about Indigenous Peoples

Principles for writing about time

Principles for writing about culture

In search of nomads

4. The messy work of mobile archaeology

The materiality of mobility

Chipped stone scatters

Rock piles, alignments, and circles

Part II: Persistent places on the Taos Plateau

In search of mobile places

5. Playa landscapes

Punche Lake

The "old" mobility model: Indigenous activity areas

The "new" mobility model: temporary residential encampments

Mobility in the 20th century: ranching on the plateau

Arroyo Punche and Three Basins

The "old" mobility model: the logic of playa lithic scatters

The "new" mobility model: short logistical camps

Mobility in the 20th century: grants and parcels

In search of violence

6. Cerro de la olla

The Cerro de la Olla archaeological landscape

The logistics of mobile activity areas

Resource nodes into the 20th century

In search of multivocality

7. Cerro del yuta

Previous research ear Cerro del Yuta

The logic of lithic carpets

Multivocal landscapes

Defensive structures?

Tipi Rings or Hunting Blinds?

Ceremonial Structures?

Habitation structures?

Herding features and sheepscapes?

Notes.

Bibliography

A closing verse

8. Persistent places

Mobility corridors and the East-West pattern

Natural boundary markers and Indigenous mobility

The settler modality: the intersection of colonialism and mobility

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-34638-2

0-429-32815-X

1-000-34648-X

9780429328152

OCLC:

1238090318