ABSTRACT
The University of New Mexico summer field school in archaeology, under the direction of Florence Hawley Ellis, excavated much of San Gabriel de Yungeh over three field seasons in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Using oral histories and the archaeology of the Genzaro village of Abiqui, Charles Carrillo found that by the late 1700's, the women of Abiqui were making their own distinctive pottery, identified by traits that distinguished them from Pueblo-made vessels. In several archaeological studies, researchers have based inferences about revitalization and resistance to Spanish oppression on analyses of pottery from the mission and revolt periods. In a recent study, Jun Sunseri used archaeological data, oral histories, and historical documents to examine the formation and expression of identity at the historic Genzaro site of Casitas Viejas, near El Rito, New Mexico. When the United States annexed New Mexico in 1848, it agreed to honour the Spanish land grants.
