On the Edge of Purgatory: An Archaeology of Place in Hispanic Colorado

Illustrations

Illustrations Figures 1. Map of New Mexico, 1828 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Historic photograph of household and goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3. Map of Lower Purgatory River, 1894 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4. Aerial view of La Placita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5. Sketch of wall construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 6. Fogon in Feature 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 7. Plan of Feature 1 complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 8. Photo of Features 11 and 11a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 9. Plan of Features 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 10. Photo of west elevation, Feature 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 11. Compensation for slope, Feature 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 12. Photo of Feature 1 post-excavation, Wild Plum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 13. Photo of Feature 4, Wild Plum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 14. Axe head and catalogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 15. Historic photograph of woman and horno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 16. Reconstructed vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 17. Historic photograph of women and children in a zaguán . . . . . . 85 18. Overview of central area, La Placita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 19. Plan of Santa Fe, 1846 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 20. Aerial view of Chimayo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 21. Walkway and zagúan, post-excavation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 22. Rock art in the Purgatoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 23. Rock wall construction comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Maps 1. Regional map with pcms location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvi 2. Santa Fe Trail map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Topographic map of pcms with site locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4. Topographic map of La Placita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5. Topographic map of Wild Plum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 6. Map with distribution of ceramics at La Placita . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Tables 1. Room measurements at La Placita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 2. Activity profile at La Placita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 3. Dated artifacts from occupation levels at La Placita . . . . . . . . . . 45 4. Density of artifacts recovered at La Placita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 5. All ceramic vessels at La Placita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 6. Consumption vessels by rank at La Placita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 ...