Tsama Pueblo

Tsama Pueblo
Tsama bowl, an example of Rio Grande White Ware
Nearest cityAbiquiú, New Mexico
Coordinates36°11′43″N 106°12′52″W / 36.19528°N 106.21444°W / 36.19528; -106.21444
Area24.3 acres (9.8 ha)
NRHP reference No.83004158[1]
NMSRCP No.929
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1983
Designated NMSRCPAugust 25, 1983

Tsama Pueblo (Tewa: Tsâmâ Ówîngeh Kayyee, pronounced [tsɑ̂mɑ̂ ʔówîŋɡè kèːjìː], transl. 'they wrestled village ruin')[2] is a Tewa Pueblo ancestral site in an address-restricted area of Abiquiú, New Mexico. It was occupied from around 1250 until around 1500 and contained 1,100 rooms.[3] The site and others in the area were explored by Florence Hawley Ellis in the 1960s and 1970s.[4] In 1983, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.[5] Tsama is located 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Poshuouinge site.[6] The Sapawe site is closely related.[7] In December 2008, The Archaeological Conservancy extended the Tsama Archaeological Preserve by 11.6523 acres, mostly cobble mulch garden plots which were likely once constructed by the residents of Tsama Pueblo.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Valdez, Roberto H. (June 26, 2015). A Case Study in Toponymy: Sampling and Classifying a Tri-Lingual Place Name Inventory Found in the North-Central State of New Mexico (Masters thesis). Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico. p. 290. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  3. ↑ Killion, Thomas W. (1992). Gardens of prehistory: the archaeology of settlement agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica. Society for American Archaeology. Meeting, University of Alabama Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8173-0565-9. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ Kass-Simon, Gabriele (February 1993). Women of science: righting the record. Indiana University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-253-20813-2. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  5. ↑ Capace, Nancy (January 2001). Encyclopedia of New Mexico. North American Book Dist LLC. pp. 322–. ISBN 978-0-403-09607-7. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  6. ↑ Koenig, Harriet (March 2005). Acculturation in the Navajo Eden: New Mexico, 1550-1750, Archaeology, Language, Religion of the Peoples of the Southwest. YBK Publishers, Inc. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-0-9764359-1-4. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  7. ↑ Baker, Lee A.; Sundt, William M. (1990). Clues to the past: papers in honor of William M. Sundt. Archaeological Society of New Mexico. p. 89. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  8. ↑ "The Archaeological Conservancy 2008 Annual Report" (PDF). Archaeological Conservancy. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
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