Historic Period at Bandelier National Monument;Intermountain Cultural Resources Management Professional Paper No. 63

摘要

This volume explores the use of the area that is now Bandelier National Monument, after the incursion of Spaniards into New Mexico, from the first impacts of the European presence to the present day. Relatively densely occupied in the prehistoric period, this region saw a dramatic drop in settlement by the 1600s but continued to play an important role in the social and economic landscape of northern New Mexico. The use of the area reflects broader historical developments, including large-scale changes in land use for ranching and farming, changes in the structure of landownership, and demographic shifts that brought new settlers into Native American domains and created what is today a multiethnic regional identity. At Bandelier National Monument, data from the 1987-1991 archeological survey projects provide an opportunity to evaluate our understanding of the historic period in northern New Mexico by highlighting the actions of ordinary people who lived and worked in a zone affected by the dramatic economic shifts associated with the modern world.