The Road to Hawikuh: Trade and Trade Routes to Cibola-Zuni During Late Prehistoric and Early Historic Times
1975; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 41; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00231940.1975.11757842
ISSN2051-6177
Autores Tópico(s)Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
ResumoThe "province" of Cibola and specifically the important center of Hawikuh was by the 16th century the focal point of both east-west and north-south trade routes and had a major role in linking the American Southwest with Mesoamerica. Southern influences into Cíbola-Zuñi can be traced for several hundred years before Spanish contact times. It is possible that in the late 15th and 16th centuries, pochteca-like groups, originally operating in the central Pueblo area, shifted their base of operations to the east and west peripheries of the region. However, the geographic position of Cíbola-Zuñi (like Pecos in the east) may have been the important factor in making Hawikuh and other Zuñi towns important trade centers.
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