Lecture: Worlds Forever Changed: Rio Grande Pueblos, Contact, and the Coronado Expedition

(Matthew Schmader, Ph.D) The Francisco Vázquez de Coronado expedition was the first contact between Ancestral Rio Grande Pueblos and outsiders. Its intended goals failed and the expedition spent the whole winter of 1540-1541 camped in village that was taken over from Southern Tiwa residents. Distrust and strife broke out into outright hostilities called the Tiguex War. Investigations of architecture, materials, and artifact patterning from a major site of the war, located north of Albuquerque, are presented. ($10/non-members)