Anthropological Analysis of Exploration Texts: Cultural Discourse and the Ethnological Import of Fray Marcos de Niza's Journey to Cibola
1991; Wiley; Volume: 93; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/aa.1991.93.3.02a00060
ISSN1548-1433
Autores Tópico(s)Colonialism, slavery, and trade
ResumoThis article highlights methodological and theoretical presuppositions that have contributed to scholarly neglect and rejection of exploration chronicles such as Fray Marcos de Niza's account of his journey to Cibola in 1539. Marcos's relación and similar texts often have been ignored or rejected because of presuppositions about the “accuracy” of modern anthropological, as opposed to historical, texts and unwitting acceptance of the “civilization‐savagery” myth, which continues to govern interpretations of European and Indian relations. Discourse analysis of Marcos's relación reveals numerous observations on native life that shed light on the archeological record and the fate of the Hohokam and Trincheras cultures of the Greater Southwest.
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