Now the God of the Spaniards is Dead

Start: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 4:00 PM
End: Friday, November 20, 2009 - 5:15 PM
Location: Anthropology 150
Contact: Kathy Fowler, anthropo@uwyo.edu, 766-5136

Event Details:

Dr. Matthew Liebmann will present his lecture, "Now the God of the Spaniards is Dead": The Archaeology of Pueblo Revolution and Revitalization in 17th Century New Mexico, on November 20.

Dr. Liebmann teaches in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. 

In 1680 the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico banded together to rise up against their colonizers in one of the most successful indigenous rebellions in the history of Native North America. For twelve years the Pueblos lived free from Spanish oppression, and although this period of Native independence was brief, it proved instrumental in shaping modern Pueblo culture and society. In recent years archaeologists have begun to document this tumultuous period, examining the ways in which the peoples of the northern Rio Grande attempted to purge their world of European influences and return to pre-Colonial ways of life.

This talk presents the results of a long-term study of four Pueblo villages constructed during this era, examining the role of material culture in the revitalization movement that precipitated
the illustrious Pueblo Revolt of 1680.