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Research paper thumbnail of ScholarWorks at UMass Boston The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods: The Recommended Citation THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HASSANAMESIT WOODS: THE SARAH BURNEE/SARAH BOSTON FARMSTEAD

Research paper thumbnail of Spanish-Pueblo Interactions in New Mexico’s Early Colonial Spanish Households: Negotiations of Knowledge and Power in Practice

Research paper thumbnail of Mestizaje and migration : Modeling population dynamics in seventeenth-century new mexico's spanish society

Research paper thumbnail of Spanish Use of Plants and Animals in Early Colonial New Mexico

Research paper thumbnail of Labor and Agricultural Production at Sylvester Manor Plantation, Shelter Island, New York

Historical Archaeology, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Archival insights into vulnerability and risk management during the early Spanish colonial period (1598–1680 AD) in New Mexico

The Holocene

Risk and vulnerability are especially acute for colonizing populations due to their limited knowl... more Risk and vulnerability are especially acute for colonizing populations due to their limited knowledge of the environment in newly settled areas and constrained social networks. Focusing on the initial settlement of the New Mexico colony, this paper examines the social response of Spanish colonists to vulnerability and risk during the early colonial period (AD 1598–1680). We use historical documents and modern weather records to assess the strategies implemented by 17th-century colonists to mitigate their vulnerability to the effects of unfamiliar, arid environmental conditions. The Spanish Crown had developed risk-reducing practices that encouraged successful establishment of colonies, including technological methods such as irrigation ditches and social methods such as tithing. However, these strategies made certain social and ethnic groups more vulnerable than others, ultimately contributing to the destruction of the New Mexico colony during the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. We argue tha...

Research paper thumbnail of Change and Continuity in Early Nineteenth-Century Foodways in Québec City’s Lower Town

Canadian Journal of Archaeology

Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways o... more Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways of Québec City’s Lower Town inhabitants in the early nineteenth century. We use dietary practices as a window to examine how the population of the St. Roch neighbourhood responded to changes taking place in the decades that followed the instauration of the British regime and how these changes may have influenced different aspects of their food consumption practices. Through comparisons with assemblages from two French-regime sites as well as from three later nineteenth-century sites, we find that a certain continuity characterizes the plant consumption of Québec City’s French-Canadian population. We address some of the challenges of this research, as it is difficult to distinguish between consumption as a choice related to identity versus more practical considerations such as availability and access.

Research paper thumbnail of A Macrobotanical Analysis of Site 11PK1771, a Late Woodlands site in Illinois

Research paper thumbnail of Report on Archaeobiological Materials from the Kirk Street Agents' House, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

Research paper thumbnail of An Analysis of Pollen Recovered from the Greenhouse at Wye House Plantation, Maryland

Research paper thumbnail of Report on Soil Samples from Saugus Ironworks, Saugus, Massachusetts

Research paper thumbnail of A Macrobotanical Analysis of Site 33PE839, an Early and Middle Woodlands Period Lithics Workshop

Research paper thumbnail of Wood Identifications from the Aramingo Canal Timbers

Research paper thumbnail of Macrobotanical Analysis of Feature ER2352/4, A Subfloor Pit Associated with a 19th-Century Slave Cabin from Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

Research paper thumbnail of An Examination of Botanical Materials from Mashantucket Pequot Site 72-58

Research paper thumbnail of Investigating Activities in Spanish Colonial Ranches in 17th-Century New Mexico

Research paper thumbnail of From Household to Empire: Society and Economy in Early Colonial New Mexico

Published in cooperation with the "http://www.smu.edu/swcenter/" target="new"... more Published in cooperation with the "http://www.smu.edu/swcenter/" target="new">William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist UniversitySettlers at Santa Fe and outlying homesteads during the seventeenth century established a thriving economy that saw the exchange of commodities produced by indigenous peoples, settlers, and Franciscan friars for goods manufactured as far away as China, France, and Turkey. This early Spanish colonial period in New Mexico provides an opportunity to explore both economic activity within a colony and the relations between colony and homeland. By examining the material remains of this era from 1598 to 1680, Heather Trigg reveals a more complete picture of colonial life. Drawing on both archaeological and historical sources, Trigg analyzes the various levels of economic activity that developed: production of items in colonial households, exchanges between households, and trade between the colony and Mexico. Rath...

Research paper thumbnail of Exploring the Social and Physical Landscapes of Colonial New Mexico

Society for Historical Archaeology, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Space and Architecture at LA 20,000, a 17th Century Spanish Ranch

Research paper thumbnail of Spanish-Pueblo Interactions in New Mexico’s Seventeenth-Century Spanish Households: Negotiations of Knowledge and Power in Practice

International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2020

Missions and indigenous villages are commonly investigated contexts for indigenous responses to S... more Missions and indigenous villages are commonly investigated contexts for indigenous responses to Spanish colonialism in the American Southwest. In early colonial New Mexico, colonists’ households were also a venue for interaction and exchange of information between Pueblos and Spanish. Using the concept of hybridity, I explore seventeenth-century Spanish ranches in northern New Mexico for the interactions between Spanish colonists and Pueblo wives, servants, slaves, and laborers. The architecture, foodways, and artifacts, show an interplay between Pueblo and Spanish ways of making do suggesting that Pueblo peoples contributed in substantial ways to the nature of these households.

Research paper thumbnail of ScholarWorks at UMass Boston The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods: The Recommended Citation THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HASSANAMESIT WOODS: THE SARAH BURNEE/SARAH BOSTON FARMSTEAD

Research paper thumbnail of Spanish-Pueblo Interactions in New Mexico’s Early Colonial Spanish Households: Negotiations of Knowledge and Power in Practice

Research paper thumbnail of Mestizaje and migration : Modeling population dynamics in seventeenth-century new mexico's spanish society

Research paper thumbnail of Spanish Use of Plants and Animals in Early Colonial New Mexico

Research paper thumbnail of Labor and Agricultural Production at Sylvester Manor Plantation, Shelter Island, New York

Historical Archaeology, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Archival insights into vulnerability and risk management during the early Spanish colonial period (1598–1680 AD) in New Mexico

The Holocene

Risk and vulnerability are especially acute for colonizing populations due to their limited knowl... more Risk and vulnerability are especially acute for colonizing populations due to their limited knowledge of the environment in newly settled areas and constrained social networks. Focusing on the initial settlement of the New Mexico colony, this paper examines the social response of Spanish colonists to vulnerability and risk during the early colonial period (AD 1598–1680). We use historical documents and modern weather records to assess the strategies implemented by 17th-century colonists to mitigate their vulnerability to the effects of unfamiliar, arid environmental conditions. The Spanish Crown had developed risk-reducing practices that encouraged successful establishment of colonies, including technological methods such as irrigation ditches and social methods such as tithing. However, these strategies made certain social and ethnic groups more vulnerable than others, ultimately contributing to the destruction of the New Mexico colony during the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. We argue tha...

Research paper thumbnail of Change and Continuity in Early Nineteenth-Century Foodways in Québec City’s Lower Town

Canadian Journal of Archaeology

Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways o... more Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways of Québec City’s Lower Town inhabitants in the early nineteenth century. We use dietary practices as a window to examine how the population of the St. Roch neighbourhood responded to changes taking place in the decades that followed the instauration of the British regime and how these changes may have influenced different aspects of their food consumption practices. Through comparisons with assemblages from two French-regime sites as well as from three later nineteenth-century sites, we find that a certain continuity characterizes the plant consumption of Québec City’s French-Canadian population. We address some of the challenges of this research, as it is difficult to distinguish between consumption as a choice related to identity versus more practical considerations such as availability and access.

Research paper thumbnail of A Macrobotanical Analysis of Site 11PK1771, a Late Woodlands site in Illinois

Research paper thumbnail of Report on Archaeobiological Materials from the Kirk Street Agents' House, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

Research paper thumbnail of An Analysis of Pollen Recovered from the Greenhouse at Wye House Plantation, Maryland

Research paper thumbnail of Report on Soil Samples from Saugus Ironworks, Saugus, Massachusetts

Research paper thumbnail of A Macrobotanical Analysis of Site 33PE839, an Early and Middle Woodlands Period Lithics Workshop

Research paper thumbnail of Wood Identifications from the Aramingo Canal Timbers

Research paper thumbnail of Macrobotanical Analysis of Feature ER2352/4, A Subfloor Pit Associated with a 19th-Century Slave Cabin from Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

Research paper thumbnail of An Examination of Botanical Materials from Mashantucket Pequot Site 72-58

Research paper thumbnail of Investigating Activities in Spanish Colonial Ranches in 17th-Century New Mexico

Research paper thumbnail of From Household to Empire: Society and Economy in Early Colonial New Mexico

Published in cooperation with the "http://www.smu.edu/swcenter/" target="new"... more Published in cooperation with the "http://www.smu.edu/swcenter/" target="new">William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist UniversitySettlers at Santa Fe and outlying homesteads during the seventeenth century established a thriving economy that saw the exchange of commodities produced by indigenous peoples, settlers, and Franciscan friars for goods manufactured as far away as China, France, and Turkey. This early Spanish colonial period in New Mexico provides an opportunity to explore both economic activity within a colony and the relations between colony and homeland. By examining the material remains of this era from 1598 to 1680, Heather Trigg reveals a more complete picture of colonial life. Drawing on both archaeological and historical sources, Trigg analyzes the various levels of economic activity that developed: production of items in colonial households, exchanges between households, and trade between the colony and Mexico. Rath...

Research paper thumbnail of Exploring the Social and Physical Landscapes of Colonial New Mexico

Society for Historical Archaeology, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Space and Architecture at LA 20,000, a 17th Century Spanish Ranch

Research paper thumbnail of Spanish-Pueblo Interactions in New Mexico’s Seventeenth-Century Spanish Households: Negotiations of Knowledge and Power in Practice

International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2020

Missions and indigenous villages are commonly investigated contexts for indigenous responses to S... more Missions and indigenous villages are commonly investigated contexts for indigenous responses to Spanish colonialism in the American Southwest. In early colonial New Mexico, colonists’ households were also a venue for interaction and exchange of information between Pueblos and Spanish. Using the concept of hybridity, I explore seventeenth-century Spanish ranches in northern New Mexico for the interactions between Spanish colonists and Pueblo wives, servants, slaves, and laborers. The architecture, foodways, and artifacts, show an interplay between Pueblo and Spanish ways of making do suggesting that Pueblo peoples contributed in substantial ways to the nature of these households.

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