Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
4-30-2026
Abstract
Site LA 20,000 was likely among the largest ranching enterprises established along the Camino Real during the 17th century. Located 20 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and strategically positioned 5.2 miles from San Marcos Pueblo, one of the largest producers of Rio Grande Glaze Ware pottery, and 1.3 miles from the Cerrillos Hills, where there were known turquoise and galena lead mines. The data presented suggest that LA 20,000 may have been a multiethnic locus of production where access to shared materials did not translate into uniform technological practice. Instead, the assemblage reflects the emergence of nascent and uneven communities of practice characterized by experimentation, partial knowledge transfer, and the entanglement of Pueblo and colonial technologies.
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Huerta, Danielle. 2026. The Role of LA 20000 in Spanish Colonial Mining, Mineral Circulation, and Nascent Communities of Practice. Poster presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 29- May 3, 2026. San Francisco, CA. https://scholarworks.umb.edu/fiskecenter_pubs/1003
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