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

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

by Bonnie J. Clark
On the Edge of Purgatory: An Archaeology of Place in Hispanic Colorado

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

by Bonnie J. Clark

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Overview

Southeastern Colorado was known as the northernmost boundary of New Spain in the sixteenth century. By the late 1800s, the region was U.S. territory, but the majority of settlers remained Hispanic families. They had a complex history of interaction with indigenous populations in the area and adopted many of the indigenous methods of survival in this difficult environment. Today their descendants compose a vocal part of the Hispanic population of Colorado.

Bonnie J. Clark investigates the unwritten history of this unique Hispanic population. Combining archaeological research, contemporary ethnography, and oral and documentary history, Clark examines the everyday lives of this population over time. Framing this discussion within the wider context of the changing economic and political processes at work, Clark looks at how changing and contesting ethnic and gender identities were experienced on a daily basis. Providing new insights into the construction of ethnic identity in the American West over hundreds of years, this study complicates and enriches our understanding of the role of Hispanic populations in the West.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803213722
Publisher: Nebraska
Publication date: 01/01/2012
Series: Historical Archaeology of the American West
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 616,254
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author


Bonnie J. Clark is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Denver. She is coauthor of several books, including Archaeological Landscapes on the High Plains, Denver: An Archaeological History, and Colorado Prehistory: A Context for the Platte River Basin.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

List of Maps ix

List of Tables x

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Finding Purgatory xv

1 Hispanic Colorado 1

2 Inhabiting the Lower Purgatory 19

3 Making a Living and a Life 56

4 Plazas and Community 90

5 Lessons from the Landscape 105

Conclusion: The Archaeology of Places 117

References Cited 129

Index 145

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