Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
American Anthropologist
Author: The Tiguas
Author: Publisher: Texas Western Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
A study of the Tigua Indians of Texas including their history, interviews with Tigua leaders and tribal members, and historic and contemporary photographs.
From the Pass to the Pueblos
Author: George D. TorokPublisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 1611394295
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior, was a 1,600-mile braid of trails that led from Mexico City, in the center of New Spain, to the provincial capital of New Mexico on the edge of the empire’s northern frontier. The Royal Road served as a lifeline for the colonial system from its founding in 1598 until the last days of Spanish rule in the 1810s. Throughout the Mexican and American Territorial periods, the Camino Real expanded, becoming part of a larger continental and international transportation system and, until the trail was replaced by railroads in the late nineteenth century, functioned as the main pathway for conquest, migration, settlement, commerce, and culture in today’s American Southwest. More than 400 miles of the original trail lie within the United States today, and stretch from present-day San Elizario, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico. This segment comprises El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail. It was added to the United States National Trail System in 2000 and is still in use today. This book guides the reader along the trail with histories and overviews of places in New Mexico, West Texas and the Ciudad Juárez area. It includes a broad overview of the trail’s history from 1598 until the arrival of the railroads in the 1880s, and describes the communities, landscape, archaeology, architecture, and public interpretation of this historic transportation corridor.
The Beginnings of Spanish Settlement in the El Paso District
Author: Anne Eugenia HughesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chihuahua (Mexico : State)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Pass of the North
Author: Charles Leland SonnichsenPublisher: Southern Methodist University Press
ISBN:
Category : El Paso (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Historia del Paso del Norte: cuatro siglos en el Río Bravo. Incluye índice. Texto en inglés.
The Jumanos
Author: Nancy Parrott HickersonPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292789750
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
In the late sixteenth century, Spanish explorers described encounters with North American people they called "Jumanos." Although widespread contact with Jumanos is evident in accounts of exploration and colonization in New Mexico, Texas, and adjacent regions, their scattered distribution and scant documentation have led to long-standing disagreements: was "Jumano" simply a generic name loosely applied to a number of tribes, or were they an authentic, vanished people? In the first full-length study of the Jumanos, anthropologist Nancy Hickerson proposes that they were indeed a distinctive tribe, their wide travel pattern linked over well-established itineraries. Drawing on extensive primary sources, Hickerson also explores their crucial role as traders in a network extending from the Rio Grande to the Caddoan tribes' confederacies of East Texas and Oklahoma. Hickerson further concludes that the Jumanos eventually became agents for the Spanish colonies, drafted as mercenary fighters and intelligence-gatherers. Her findings reinterpret the cultural history of the South Plains region, bridging numerous gaps in the area's comprehensive history and in the chronicle of these elusive people.
Spanish Missions of Texas
Author: Byron BrownePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467136301
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"After the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortaes in the sixteenth century, conquistadors and explorers poured into the territory of Nueva Espaana. The Franciscans followed in their wake but carved a different path through a harsh and often violent landscape. That heritage can still be found across Texas, behind weathered stone ruins and in the pews of ornate, immaculately maintained naves. From early structures in El Paso to later woodland sanctuaries in East Texas, these missions anchored communities and, in many cases, still serve them today. Author Byron Browne reconnoiters these iconic landmarks and their lasting legacy."
Conquest and Catastrophe
Author: Elinore M. BarrettPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826324115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Barrett's study focuses on the theme of settlement geography. It attempts to identify the pueblos of the Rio Grande Pueblo Region from the mid-16th century through the 17th century, during the period of Spanish exploration and settlement in the area. The study provides a baseline settlement location pattern for the Rio Grande Pueblo Region, documents the changes in that pattern occurring over a 160- year period, and discusses the impacts of the Spanish on the Pueblo communities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
The Prehistory of Texas
Author: Timothy K. PerttulaPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585441945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The first look at the prehistory of Texas by 16 professional archaeologist.
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Texas--New Mexico
Author: United States. National Park ServicePublisher:
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Category : Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail (N.M. and Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description