Tsama Pueblo Explained

Tsama Pueblo
Designated Other1:New Mexico
Designated Other1 Date:August 25, 1983
Designated Other1 Number:929
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:36.1953°N -106.2144°W
Added:November 17, 1983
Refnum:83004158

The Tsama Pueblo is a Tewa Pueblo ancestral site in an address-restricted area of Abiquiú, New Mexico. It was occupied from around 1250 until around 1500 and contained 1100 rooms.[1] The site and others in the area were explored by Florence Hawley Ellis in the 1960s and 1970s.[2] In 1983, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.[3] Tsama is located from the Poshuouinge site.[4] The Sapawe site is closely related.[5] In December 2008, The Archaeological Conservancy extended the Tsama Archaeological Preserve by 11.6523 acres, mostly cobble mulch garden plots which were likely once constructed by the residents of Tsama Pueblo.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Killion, Thomas W.. Gardens of prehistory: the archaeology of settlement agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica. 27 September 2011. 1992. Society for American Archaeology. Meeting, University of Alabama Press. 978-0-8173-0565-9. 56.
  2. Book: Kass-Simon, Gabriele. Women of science: righting the record. registration. 27 September 2011. February 1993. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-20813-2. 24.
  3. Book: Capace, Nancy. Encyclopedia of New Mexico. January 2001 . 27 September 2011. North American Book Dist LLC. 978-0-403-09607-7. 322–.
  4. Book: Koenig, Harriet. Acculturation in the Navajo Eden: New Mexico, 1550-1750, Archaeology, Language, Religion of the Peoples of the Southwest. 26 September 2011. March 2005. YBK Publishers, Inc.. 978-0-9764359-1-4. 90–.
  5. Book: Baker. Lee A.. Sundt. William M.. Clues to the past: papers in honor of William M. Sundt. 27 September 2011. 1990. Archaeological Society of New Mexico. 89.
  6. Web site: The Archaeological Conservancy 2008 Annual Report. Archaeological Conservancy. 27 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707133202/http://www.americanarchaeology.com/Annual%20Report%202008.pdf. 7 July 2011.