Re-thinking 17th-Century New Mexico

[@amirulislamru]

Dr. Scott Ortman is a great Professor of Archaeology,

[@tommygamba170]

Thank you for describing the most accurate version I've heard to date.

[@erpin18]

I think this is a great talk super informative considering I had ancestors that lived in the area. I will say though one vital component that might have been overlooked was the mesoamerican indigenous people that accompanied and participated in the colonization with the Spaniards. I know after the Pueblo revolt the colonizers both Spaniard/Indigenous fled south deeper into chihuahua and formed communities there. These people also included Pueblo/Apache people that they had made allies with while they were in what is now New Mexico.

[@robmartinez7517]

Conquest did not just impact the conquered, it also changed the conquerors, culturally and biologically. Such encounters are almost never black and white, but result in a complex interaction that has both positive and negative consequences. Native peoples usually took from invaders those things they found beneficial (sheep, horses, fruits and vegetables, etc.) and rejected those things that were a threat to their way of life (encomienda, slavery, forced conversion and vassalage, etc.). Like all people the world over.

[@teemusavikurki1285]

Excellent talk. Thank you!

[@cynthiaarrowsmith5709]

So, the Spanish infiltrated every fiber of their native ways so much so that they now think the Spanish way is their traditional way. How odd. And kinda crazy when you look at what the Spanish did to them. Fascinating though.

[@ocaphoenix5347]

Great lecture - many thx! Great friend at Santa Anna & Taos pueblo

[@ocaphoenix5347]

is someone eating non stop in the background? Seriously?!?