1st Edition

A History of Mobility in New Mexico Mobile Landscapes and Persistent Places

By Lindsay M. Montgomery Copyright 2021
222 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A History of Mobility in New Mexico  uses 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... Read more

1. Place on the Move

Part I: Indigenizing the Archaeology of Mobility

2. Indigenous History

3. Notes on Indigenous Style

4. The Messy Work of Mobile Archaeology

Part II: Persistent Places on the Taos Plateau

5. Playa Landscapes

6. Cerro de la Olla

7. Cerro del Yuta

8. Persistent Places

Biography

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.