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

The Tsama Pueblo 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 1100 rooms.[2] The site and others in the area were explored by Florence Hawley Ellis in the 1960s and 1970s.[3] In 1983, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.[4] Tsama is located 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Poshuouinge site.[5] The Sapawe site is closely related.[6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "The Archaeological Conservancy 2008 Annual Report" (PDF). Archaeological Conservancy. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.