THE SOUTHERN TEWA EXPERIENCE - Crow Canyon ...

Travel Adventures 2013
THE SOUTHERN TEWA EXPERIENCE
Explore archaeological sites and oral histories that link ancient
and contemporary Tewa Pueblo people of New Mexico
May 19–25, 2013
During the thirteenth century A.D., Pueblo people from
the Mesa Verde region settled in the Galisteo Basin and
adjacent areas of the northern Rio Grande valley—and
in the process became the Tewa-speaking Pueblo people
whose descendants still live in the area today. On this
fascinating exploration, we will examine archaeological,
linguistic, and oral history evidence for connections
between ancestral and contemporary Tewa peoples,
with an emphasis on the Southern Tewa, who dwelled
in the Galisteo Basin from the thirteenth to the
eighteenth centuries.
Our guides will be Crow Canyon Lightfoot Research Chair
Scott Ortman and traditional Tewa leaders and scholars
Tessie Naranjo and her nephew Porter Swentzell, both of
Santa Clara Pueblo. Together, we will examine the various
geographic and cultural influences that have shaped
the Southern Tewa, particularly their interactions with
other native peoples and with the Spanish. We will also
explore the Southern Tewa legacy in present-day Pueblo
communities in the Rio Grande valley.
Scholars
Dr. Scott Ortman, former research director at
Crow Canyon, is author of numerous publications, including
Winds from the North: Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology (University of
Utah Press, 2012). Scott is currently an Omidyar Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute and the Lightfoot
Research Chair at Crow Canyon; his research interests include the integration of archaeology with
historical linguistics and physical anthropology.
Dr. Tessie Naranjo is a founder and former faculty member of the Pueblo Indian Studies Program
at Northern New Mexico College and codirector of the Northern Pueblos Institute. A native
Tewa speaker, Tessie was also a charter member of the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act Review Committee and has advised numerous museums across the country,
including the National Museum of the American Indian.
Porter Swentzell of Santa Clara Pueblo is a fluent Tewa speaker who has made his life’s work the
study and preservation of his native Tewa history, culture, and language. A recent graduate of the
Pueblo Indian Studies Program at Northern New Mexico
College, Porter now serves as a member of the college’s
adjunct faculty and is an interpretive guide at the Puye
Cliff Dwellings.
800.422.8975, ext. 136 or 160 • www.crowcanyon.org/travel
Scott Ortman
Karen Adams
CROW CANYON
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER
Discover the Past, Share the Adventure

All photos by Karen Adams
Dates: Sunday, May 19–Saturday, May 25, 2013
Tuition: Member* $2,795 • Nonmember $2,920
Deposit: $400 • Balance due: March 20, 2013
*Minimum $100 membership required. For information on
membership, visit www.crowcanyon.org/membership.
Educational Focus
• How differences in geography, landscape, and
cultural contacts shape the histories of specific
communities within an archaeological area
• How oral traditions, traditional knowledge,
and archaeology interact to create a richer
understanding of human history
• How ancestral Pueblo people created a rich and
vibrant society without social stratification
• What the Southern Tewa experience can teach
us about contemporary society
Tour Details
Tuition: Tuition is per person and based on shared
accommodations. Tuition includes accommodations, meals
listed, entry fees and permits, most gratuities, and transportation
from arrival in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sunday,
May 19, 2013, until departure from Albuquerque on Saturday,
May 25, 2013. Transportation to and from Albuquerque
is your responsibility.
Accommodations: Four nights are spent in excellent
hotels. Two nights are spent at a resort spa with first-class
accommodations, lovely landscaped grounds, and excellent
spa services. Accommodations are double-occupancy; single
accommodations are available for an additional fee of $495.
What to Expect: All travel is by Crow Canyon vehicle. We will
explore archaeological sites located at elevations between 5000
and 9000 feet. You must be able to walk and stand for up to one
hour during on-site discussions. Access to most sites requires
moderate hikes of no more than 2 miles round-trip; some hikes
are over uneven terrain. Tuesday’s hike in the Comanche Gap
area is more challenging and demands some climbing and
scrambling. An alternative activity will be provided.
Detailed Itinerary
B: Breakfast
L: Lunch
D: Dinner
Most of the sites we visit on this
tour are not readily accessible
to the general public. We have
received special permission to visit sites
on private land belonging to the Singleton
family, the Sandoval family, and the Archaeological
Conservancy, and we have secured permits from the
state of New Mexico, Bureau of Land Management,
and National Park Service to visit sites and curation
facilities on state and federal lands.
Sunday, May 19: Arrival in Albuquerque •
Introduction
Arrive in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by
4:30 p.m. for reception and dinner. Overnight,
Albuquerque. (D)
Monday, May 20: Petroglyph Hill • Lamy
Junction • Las Madres • Pueblo Galisteo
Today we get an overview of the Southern Tewa
experience by visiting a number of seldomvisited
sites in the Galisteo Basin. Our first stop
is Petroglyph Hill, a prominent landform littered
with dark, volcanic rock on which hundreds
of images have been pecked. There we enjoy
a panoramic view of the Galisteo Basin while
examining early petroglyphs and considering
their relationship to rock art of the Mesa Verde
region. Then it’s on to the Lamy Junction and
Las Madres sites, two villages constructed by
the first Tewa people to arrive in the area in
the late thirteenth century. Finally, we visit
Pueblo Galisteo, a Southern Tewa village that
was established in the fourteenth century and
inhabited into the eighteenth century, when
the last Southern Tewa people left the basin
and moved to Santo Domingo (Kewa) Pueblo.
Overnight, spa outside Santa Fe. (B, L, D)

Tuesday, May 21: Comanche Gap • Creston Dike
Petroglyphs • San Cristóbal
Joined by renowned rock art researcher and author Polly
Schaasfma, we explore the spectacular Rio Grande–style
petroglyphs on Creston Dike, an igneous formation in the
Comanche Gap area. The dike and other rock outcrops in
this area literally bristle with elaborate imagery, ranging
from spirit beings and celestial objects to depictions of
warfare, such as shields and warriors. As we view the rock
art, we discuss the interaction between Pueblo and Plains
peoples in the Galisteo Basin and examine how that
interaction helped shape the Southern Tewa experience.
In the afternoon, we visit the archaeological site of San
Cristóbal, one of the largest Southern Tewa villages at
which evidence of biological continuity with Mesa Verde
people has been discovered. Overnight, spa outside
Santa Fe. (B, L, D)
Wednesday, May 22: La Cieneguilla •
San Marcos Pueblo
This morning we visit the site of La Cieneguilla, a village
inhabited by Tewa and Keres people from the fourteenth
through eighteenth centuries and located near some of
the best farmland in the northern Rio Grande valley. The
remarkable diversity of pottery on the surface is evidence
of the rich interactions between Southern Tewas and other
Pueblo peoples and serves as a backdrop for a discussion
of traditional Pueblo economic systems.
In the afternoon, we visit San Marcos Pueblo, a very large
village inhabited from the fourteenth through seventeenth
centuries. There we explore interactions between
Southern Tewa and Keres peoples, examine evidence of
turquoise mining and glaze-painted pottery production,
and consider the impacts of Spanish colonialism on the
Pueblo people of the Rio Grande valley. Overnight,
Santa Fe. (B, L)
Karen Adams
Thursday, May 23: Arroyo Hondo Pueblo • Rowe
Pueblo • Pecos National Historical Park
Guest scholar Dr. Linda Cordell (senior scholar at
the School for Advanced Research and a member
of the external faculty of the Santa Fe Institute)
guides us through the pueblo of Arroyo Hondo, an
intensively excavated fourteenth-century Southern
Tewa village on the outskirts of Santa Fe. We then
travel to Rowe Pueblo, a site in the Pecos valley
investigated by Linda in the 1980s that appears to
have been established by immigrants from the Mesa
Verde region. We end the day with a visit to Pecos
National Historical Park to consider the Southern
Tewa contribution to this important Pueblo and Plains
Indian trading center. Overnight, Santa Fe. (B, L)
Friday, May 24: Puye Cliff Dwellings • Chimayo •
Santa Clara Pueblo
This morning Porter guides us on a special tour
of Puye Cliff Dwellings, focusing on rock art and
evidence of a Southern Tewa presence at this major
ancestral Santa Clara Pueblo site. We also visit the
historic Hispanic church (“el Santuario”) at nearby
Chimayo to discuss Tewa influences on Hispanic New
Mexican culture. Then, in a fitting conclusion to our
week, we visit Santa Clara Pueblo for a traditional
Pueblo dinner and closing program. This evening we
drive to Albuquerque. Overnight, Albuquerque.
(B, L, D)
Saturday, May 25: Departures from Albuquerque
Departures may be scheduled for any time after
breakfast. (B)
Itinerary subject to change.
Karen Adams

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