Native and Spanish New Worlds: Sixteenth-Century Entradas in the American Southwest and Southeast (Amerind Studies in Archaeology)

Synopsis

Spanish-led Entradas--expeditions Bent On The Exploration And Control Of New Territories--took Place Throughout The Sixteenth Century In What Is Now The Southern United States. Although Their Impspanish-led Entradas—expeditions Bent On The Exploration And Control Of New Territories—took Place Throughout The Sixteenth Century In What Is Now The Southern United States. Although Their Impact Was Profound, Both Locally And Globally, Detailed Analyses Of These Encounters Are Notably Scarce. Focusing On Several Major Themes—social, Economic, Political, Military, Environmental, And Demographic—the Contributions Gathered Here Explore Not Only The Cultures And Peoples Involved In These Unique Engagements But Also The Wider Connections And Disparities Between These Borderlands And The Colonial World In General During The First Century Of Native–european Contact In North America. Bringing Together Research From Both The Southwestern And Southeastern United States, This Book Offers A Comparative Synthesis Of Native–european Contacts And Their Consequences In Both Regions. The Chapters Also Engage At Different Scales Of Analysis, From Locally Based Research To Macro-level Evaluations, Using Documentary, Paleoclimatic, And Regional Archaeological Data. No Other Volume Assembles Such A Wide Variety Of Archaeological, Ethnohistorical, Environmental, And Biological Information To Elucidate The Experience Of Natives And Europeans In The Early Colonial World Of Northern New Spain, And The Global Implications Of Entradas During This Formative Period In Borderlands History.-- The Authors Focus On Several Major Themes--social, Economic, Political, Military, Environmental, And Demographic--to Explore The First Century Of Interaction Between Natives And Europeans. It Is A Comprehensive Approach That Is A First In The Scholarly Study Of The Sixteen-century Spanish Entradas. -- Entradas In Context: Sixteenth-century Indigenous And Imperial Trajectories In The American South / Clay Mathers And Jeffrey M. Mitchem -- Crossing The Corn Line: Steps Toward An Understanding Of Zuni Communities And Entradas In The Sixteenth-century Southwest / Kurt E. Dongoske And Cindy K. Dongoske -- Catch As Catch Can: The Evolving History Of The Contact Period Southwest, 1838-present / Richard Flint And Shirley Cushing Flint -- Contact Era Studies And Southeastern Indians / Robbie Ethridge -- The Role Of Climate In Early Spanish-native American Interactions In The Us Southwest / Carla R. Van West, Thomas C. Winders, Frances Levine, Henri D. Grissino-mayer, And Matthew W. Salzer -- The Factors Of Climate And Weather In Sixteenth-century La Florida / Dennis B. Blanton -- Regarding Sixteenth-century Native Population Change In The Northern Southwest / Ann F. Ramenofsky And Jeremy Kulisheck -- Entradas And Epidemics In The Sixteenth-century Southeast / Dale L. Hutchinson -- Sixteenth-century Indigenous Settlement Dynamics In The Upper Middle Rio Grande Valley / Richard C. Chapman -- The Interior South At The Time Of Spanish Exploration / Robbie Ethridge And Jeffrey M. Mitchem -- Inventing Florida: Constructing A Colonial Society In An Indigenous Landscape / John E. Worth -- Contest And Violence On The Northern Borderlands Frontier: Patterns Of Native-european Conflict In The Sixteenth-century Southwest / Clay Mathers -- Conflict, Violence, And Warfare In La Florida / Christopher B. Rodning, Robin A. Beck, Jr., And David G. Moore -- Honor And Hierarchies: Long-term Trajectories In The Pueblo And Mississippian Worlds / David Hurst Thomas -- History, Prehistory, And The Contact Experience / Charles R. Ewen. Edited By Clay Mathers, Jeffrey M. Mitchem, And Charles M. Haecker. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 305-365) And Index.