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El Pueblo del Río Grande tenía una larga tradición agrícola. Su práctica agrícola estaba bien adaptada al paisaje desértico. Comunidades enteras limpiaban, araban, y cultivaban campos cerca del río. Usaban el sistema de . . . — — Map (db m273597) HM
The depression in front of you has a distinctly square appearance. This depression revealed the occurrence of yet another smaller square kiva at Kuaua. This kiva was excavated in the 1930s but was immediately backfilled to protect its damaged walls. . . . — — Map (db m273568) HM
The Pueblo of Kuaua was inhabited from about 1300 to 1600. During the late 1930s archaeologists unearthed approximately 1200 rooms of the village. There are many more which remain unexcavated.
The walls you see in front of you are not original. . . . — — Map (db m273470) HM
On Pan American Central Highway (State Road 313) north of Denny Road, on the right when traveling north.
Archaeological research indicates that this fertile valley has been the focus of human occupation for at least 10,000 years. Soon after the Spanish colonized New Mexico in 1598, a series of estancias, or farming and ranching communities, flanked the . . . — — Map (db m45441) HM
On U.S. 550 at milepost 4.2, 0.2 miles east of Santa Fe Hills Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
The Pueblo Indian province of Tiguex, in the area of Bernalillo, served as winter headquarters for Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1540-42 during his explorations of the Southwest. Bernalillo was founded after the Spanish reconquest of New . . . — — Map (db m45440) HM
Many of the large pueblos constructed along the Rio Gande were built over a long period of time. New households were connected to previous construction and eventually surrounded a central plaza. As other people joined the community, they constructed . . . — — Map (db m273557) HM
In spite of Coronado's accomplishments of exploring and opening up areas unknown to the European, the expedition was considered a failure. For they had not found the fabled cities of gold, only mud villages.
Coronado suffered an injury from a . . . — — Map (db m273583) HM
Spanish:
La dieta tradicional Pueblo se basaba en "las tres hermanas": maíz, frijol, y calabaza. Se preparaban tortillas, panes, gachas, y bebidas con harina de maíz. También se cazaban ciervos, conejos, pájaros, y otros animales. . . . — — Map (db m273753) HM
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Los colonizadores españoles trajeron nuevos alimentos a los Pueblos tales como el trigo, los melones, y los árboles frutales. Ellos también introdujeron alimentos nativos de México como tomates y chiles a la gente . . . — — Map (db m273887) HM
Spanish:
Muchos Pueblos, tanto del pasado como del presente, han dependido al Bosque de Río Grande, una región que comprende el río y el bosque que lo rodea. En 1540, el río era más ancho y profundo. Las grandes inundaciones . . . — — Map (db m273783) HM
Spanish: El bosque se refiere a los álamos que habitan los ríos en Nuevo México. Los álamos pueden alcanzar hasta un metro de diámetro y treinta metros de altura. Durante muchos años, las poblaciones indígenas han utilizado el álamo . . . — — Map (db m273884) HM
Spanish:
El Mundo Pueblo de 1540
Por más de doscientos años, el Pueblo de Kuaua permanecía sobre una plataforma arenosa con vistas del Rio Grande. Contaba con más de mil habitaciones usadas para guardar los alimentos secos y . . . — — Map (db m273591) HM
Archaeologists learn about the past in many ways. The excavation of Kuaua resulted in a wealth of information about the original earthen structures, although the actual techniques and time involved for construction is still unknown. The recent . . . — — Map (db m273482) HM
Toward the end of February 1540, an army of nearly three hundred Spanish soldiers, one thousand Indian allies and slaves, one thousand horses, and at least five hundred mules and other stock, left the frontier town of Compostela, Mexico, and marched . . . — — Map (db m273412) HM
"They keep the separate houses where they prepare the food for eating and where they grind the meal, very clean. This is a separate room or closet, where they have a trough with three stones fixed in stiff clay. Three women go in here, each having a . . . — — Map (db m273555) HM
The pit-like structures to your right and left are the ruins of underground chambers called kivas. The Pueblo Indians of today conduct many of their religious ceremonies in similar kivas although they are now generally built above ground. . . . — — Map (db m273479) HM
In northern New Mexico, many American Indians from the west and north moved toward permanent water sources during a drought period in the late 1200s. With their allies in existing communities along the Rio Grande, these people formed new and larger . . . — — Map (db m273410) HM
Spanish:
Las sierras sagradas Sandia y Manzano ofrecían muchos recursos para los Pueblos del Río Grande. Los enebros y los pinos crecían cerca de los picos. Se usaban los abetos para construir los tejados de los pueblos y las . . . — — Map (db m273778) HM
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La sierra de las Sandías es un sitio geográfico del valle del Río Grande central que está presente en la mitología y la historia de muchas culturas. Los pueblos indígenas Tewa la nombraron Oekuu P'in (la Montaña de la . . . — — Map (db m273885) HM
"They all work together to build the villages, the women being engaged in making the mixture and the walls, while the men bring the wood and put it in place. They have no lime, but they make a mixture of ashes, coals, and dirt which is almost as . . . — — Map (db m273487) HM
The plazas integrated into the architectural design of this pueblo were the focus of many daily activities year round. Near the room blocks there were probably pens for turkeys kept as a source of feathers and food for the households. Dogs ran . . . — — Map (db m273474) HM
Archaeologists believe that a number of room blocks at this pueblo were two, and possibly even three stories high. A family or household unit may have consisted of up to four upper story rooms used for cooking and sleeping, built over rooms used for . . . — — Map (db m273471) HM
The Pueblo of Kuau was excavated by archaeologists in the 1930's. The kiva in front of you was reconstructed on the original foundations of a kiva found here during the excavations.
Entrance to the kiva is by a ladder through a hatchway in the . . . — — Map (db m273548) HM
Spanish:
Conocimiento tradicional indígena
La vida tradicional de los Pueblos estaba profundamente conectada con el mundo natural. Se recogían plantas muy útiles en los altiplanos desérticos. Se tejían las resistentes fibras . . . — — Map (db m273774) HM
"This Nuestra Senora river (Rio Grande) flows through a broad valley planted with fields of maise. There are some cottonwood groves. There are twelve pueblos."
Hernando de Alvarado - 1540
"The river is almost as wide as that of Seville, . . . — — Map (db m273587) HM
In 2017, Dr. Clay Mathers of the Coronado Institute conducted a metal detecting survey at Coronado Historic Site and discovered dozens of Spanish military artifacts. The layout and nature of these objects indicate that the Spanish briefly besieged . . . — — Map (db m273465) HM
Kuaua was established by people well versed in the requirements for successful agriculture. The Rio Grande provided a dependable supply of water for both fields and family. The water of the Rio Grande and the rich slopes of the Sandia Mountains to . . . — — Map (db m273576) HM
"We visited a good many of these pueblos. They are all well built with straight, well-squared walls. Their towns have no defined streets. Their houses are three, five, six and even seven stories high, with many windows and terraces. The men spin and . . . — — Map (db m273561) HM
On Camino Del Pueblo (New Mexico Route 313) at Calle Barrio Nuevo, on the right when traveling south on Camino Del Pueblo.
(names on the first four columns:)
Ackerson, Bobby • Aguilar, Ernest Arthur • Aragon, Eduardo (Eddie) • Aragon, Enrique Fernando • Aragon, Joe Ismel (Jody) • Aragon, Robert E (Skip) • Aragon, Robert (Bobby) • Aragon, Roberto (Wedo) • . . . — — Map (db m185714) WM
This question motivated the original excavations of the pueblo during the New Deal Era. Dr. Edgar Lee Hewett, the lead archaeologist was confident that Kuaua was the location where Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's entrada encamped during the winter . . . — — Map (db m273414) HM
