ESPM 50AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Pueblo Revolt, Encomienda
14 Nov 2015
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Espm 50ac - lecture 19 unit iii intro lecture supplement handout fall 2015. Handout topics: pre-columbian history, spanish colonization overview, encomienda system, pueblo revolt and reconquista, mexican independence and war. 10000-500 bce: cochise people: first to cultivate corn, bean squash in region (1000 bce) 500-1300 ce: technological and social innovations such as pottery for boiling foods, food-sharing and storage, together with a more settled way of life dependent on agriculture, coincided with a period of adequate rainfall, supporting an increase in pop. : 20-40k total population size and density of settlements increased: pop, towns, chaco canyon, economy, housing: and other large towns and religious centers 5-6k people. : irrigated agriculture intensified & trade networks increased increasingly complex, above-ground pueblos with 100s of rooms. 1200 - 1400: towns abandoned & pop declined precipitously. 1500: pop, total combined pueblo, hopi & zuni population. Pueblos lived in 80-90 settlements or about 100 people each along the rio grande,
