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Rio del Norte: People of Upper Rio Grande from Earliest Times to Pueblo Revolt
Rio del Norte chronicles the upper Rio Grande region and its divers peoples across twelve thousand years of continuous history. Based on the most up-to-date historical and archaeological research, Rio del Norte is a tour de force, highlighting the unbroken history of the upper Rio Grande.
Beginning with the mammoth hunters of eleven millennia ago, Carroll Riley adeptly eaves the threads of twelve thousand years of continuous history through the introduction of agriculture, the rise of the Basketmaker-Pueblo (Anasazi) people, and the extraordinary "quickening" that occurred along the Rio Grande and its tributaries as the Anasazi era ended.
At that time large towns appeared, some holding several thousand people who practiced irrigation-based agriculture, maintained complex social and political organizations, and had a rich artistry. This "golden age" was continuing when Spaniards contacted, then colonized and missionized the region. In 1680 the Pueblos joined in a powerful record and ousted the invaders. Although the Spanish returned, the Pueblos have maintained important parts of their cultural heritage to the present.
Beginning with the mammoth hunters of eleven millennia ago, Carroll Riley adeptly eaves the threads of twelve thousand years of continuous history through the introduction of agriculture, the rise of the Basketmaker-Pueblo (Anasazi) people, and the extraordinary "quickening" that occurred along the Rio Grande and its tributaries as the Anasazi era ended.
At that time large towns appeared, some holding several thousand people who practiced irrigation-based agriculture, maintained complex social and political organizations, and had a rich artistry. This "golden age" was continuing when Spaniards contacted, then colonized and missionized the region. In 1680 the Pueblos joined in a powerful record and ousted the invaders. Although the Spanish returned, the Pueblos have maintained important parts of their cultural heritage to the present.
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360 pages, Paperback
First published February 28, 1995
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Carroll L. Riley
17 books2 followersDr. Riley started his education in a one-room schoolhouse before attending Southeast Missouri State University. He served in England with the air division of the U.S. Army during World War II. After discharge from the U.S. Army, he entered the University of New Mexico, where he received his bachelor's degree with honors in 1948. In 1950 he was awarded his master's degree at the University of California Los Angeles, followed by a PhD at UNM in 1952.
Riley worked summers as a ranger for the National Park Service in Mesa Verde National Park and Hovenweep National Monument. While gathering data for his dissertation, he lived among and studied the jungle-dwelling Panare people in Venezuela.
From 1952 to 1955, Riley served as a consultant to the United States Department of Justice Land Division.
Riley began his teaching career at University of Colorado at Boulder and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1955, he was offered a position at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he spent the bulk of his professional life.
He married author Brent Locke in 1948.
Dr. Riley received several major awards, including Historic Preservation Award in 1985 with Charles and Elizabeth Lange for their work on the Southwest Journals of Adolph P. Bandelier, and Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 from the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Preservation Division. Dr. Riley died in 2017 at his home in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Riley worked summers as a ranger for the National Park Service in Mesa Verde National Park and Hovenweep National Monument. While gathering data for his dissertation, he lived among and studied the jungle-dwelling Panare people in Venezuela.
From 1952 to 1955, Riley served as a consultant to the United States Department of Justice Land Division.
Riley began his teaching career at University of Colorado at Boulder and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1955, he was offered a position at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he spent the bulk of his professional life.
He married author Brent Locke in 1948.
Dr. Riley received several major awards, including Historic Preservation Award in 1985 with Charles and Elizabeth Lange for their work on the Southwest Journals of Adolph P. Bandelier, and Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 from the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Preservation Division. Dr. Riley died in 2017 at his home in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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March 6, 2020
Absolutely fascinating, and an excellent introduction to the subject area. The appendices and bibliography will keep me going with new books for some time.
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