Summary
People have lived in the Pecos area for at least 900 years, according to archaeologists' dating of the Pecos Pueblo origins. By the 14th century, Pecos was a thriving center of trade between Puebloans and the Plains tribes. Pecos Pueblo at its apex was home to about 2,000 people living in a complex up to five stories high.
The impact of the 1580 Spanish conquest, along with disease, diminished trade, and intra-tribal conflicts caused the demise of the Pueblo. In 1838 the last 17 Pecos Indians abandoned the site. They went first to Sandia Pueblo and then were invited to join Jemez Pueblo, according to a short history of the region in Mi Pecos (Aspectos Culturales, 2002).See the full content of this document
Extract
Lots of History in Pecos and Glorieta
In May 1999 the remains of more than 2,000 people were returned by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Massachusetts to Pecos. The people from Jemez Pueblo walked from Jemez carrying the remains to Pecos, following the same route the Pecos people had followed in 1838.
The Spanish settlement of the Pecos area began in the late 1700s. After the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo guaranteed property rights to preexisting settlers, but much of the land was claimed by the United States government or snatched by powerful Anglo merchants and politicians.During the Civil War an important event took place in the ...See the full content of this document
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