#Kuaua Pueblo

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Countdown to Dig Kuaua!

Countdown to Dig Kuaua!

Here at Coronado Historic Site, we are counting down the days until our archaeological dig begins!  On Monday, May 15, the very first work will begin —  not with gigantic holes but with staking off the sites and preparation work for the next weeks to come.  Archaeology will be happening Monday through Friday,  and the best times to come see what people are doing will be between 10:00 and 2:00.…

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Excavating the ruins of Kuaua pueblo, Coronado State Monument, New Mexico Date: circa 1930s? Negative Number 045354 Kuaua was depopulated as a result of the Tiguex War and again around the Espejo/Oñate era. 

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Soaking up the Sun at Coronado Historic Site!

Soaking up the Sun at Coronado Historic Site!

Come and soak up the sun out here at Coronado Historic Site!  This guy was taking it easy , enjoying the sunshine on a warm spring day and visiting with Ranger Janet today on our trails.

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New Exhibits at Coronado Historic Site! Artifacts from the past continue to teach us about the ancient village of Kuaua, located here on a sandy bluff overlooking the Rio Grande. Artifacts from the past continue to teach us about the ancient village located here on a sandy bluff overlooking the Rio Grande.  

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A New Lesson Plan: 1540! In 1540, the Coronado Expedition moved into the middle Rio Grande Valley, now Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Bernalillo.  

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A New Lesson Plan: 1540!

A New Lesson Plan: 1540!

In 1540, the Coronado Expedition moved into the middle Rio Grande Valley, now Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Bernalillo.  They brought with them a sizable group of Mesoamerican warriors.  They encounter the Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of the Rio Grande Valley, and what follows is the first war that takes place between European and Native American forces in the Southwest.   You will find this lesson…

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Interesting Turkeys at Kuaua Archaeology has taught us that the domesticated turkey was a very important part of pueblo life.  Although there is evidence that turkeys were eaten occasionally, it seems that they were more important than just a food source.

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Life in Ancient Kuaua

Life in Ancient Kuaua

  What was life like in the ancient pueblo of Kuaua?   After a presentation of basic information about pueblo life, in this lesson, your elementary students will have fun acting out the picture above, complete notetaking and writing activities, and reassemble the sherds of an ancient Kuaua Polychrome pot. Lesson Plan – Life in Ancient Kuaua Life in Ancient Kuaua Teacher Resources – Handout 1 –…

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Dig Kuaua: New Archaeology at Coronado Historic Site

Dig Kuaua: New Archaeology at Coronado Historic Site

May 22 – June 30, 2017  (Final  Dates Still Being Determined) Monday – Friday         9:00am – 3:00pm Sponsored by the Friends of Coronado Historic Site Explore the ruins of Kuaua Pueblo with archaeologists from the Office of Archaeological Studies. Watch as they sift through the earth finding artifacts and features more than 500 years old. Ask questions and learn what makes Coronado Historic…

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Winter Days at Kuaua

Winter Days at Kuaua

The winter landscape at Kuaua:  dark rust willows and tall black-lace cottonwoods line the river, and behind the bosque, snow is scattered on the cloud-shrouded Sandia Mountains.  The cold Rio Grande sluggishly flows through the bosque, its eastern shore lined with Canada geese huddled together to find warmth.  How different life must have been here for the ancient residents of this pueblo, a…

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In April, Ms. Anne Silva brought several classes of students from the American Sign Language Academy  in Albuquerque to visit us at Coronado Historic Site.  Students were taken on the tour of the ancient village, including the Painted Kiva, as well as a hike along our trails overlooking the Rio Grande to look at the natural plants and wildlife.  They were able to view the museum, try on and touch the replica armor,play drums, and check out a touch table of items that represent pueblo lifeways.  We received a surprise package from the students at American Sign Language Academy  yesterday,  filled with sweet notes about what they loved the best at Coronado Historic Site.  Children, you made our day! :)  Come back and see us!

Why We Love Our Jobs at Coronado Historic Site In April, Ms. Anne Silva brought several classes of students from the American Sign Language Academy  in Albuquerque to visit us at Coronado Historic Site.  

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Landscape Painting Workshop!

 Colorist Rhett Lynch will host a landscape painting workshop at Coronado on April 2nd – April 3rd (Sat. and Sun.) at Coronado Historic Site. Nature offers everything needed to create strong, interesting and compelling, abstract and representational paintings. The workshop begins with a short tour and talk on the history and culture of the historically rich site. Following the site tour, Rhett…

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Educators, Schedule a Free Field Trip!

Educators, Schedule a Free Field Trip!

Coronado Historic Site is a fabulous (and free!) place for your students to learn about the lives of the Pueblo people who lived in the Rio Grande Valley before and during the entrada of the Spanish. We are scheduling field trips now!   Your students can not only view our just-remodeled museum exhibits, walk and have lunch on trails down to the Rio Grande, but they can accompany our docents into…

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It’s been a long while since turkey roamed around this pueblo.

We can only imagine how the plazas here teemed with life of all kinds, including flocks of turkeys strolling around looking for food, fluttering when chased by pueblo children or even dogs whose job it was to care for them!

Today,  a flock of about a dozen wild turkey spent time foraging in the brush just up from the Rio Grande.  We’ve seen them on the opposite side of the river in the last few weeks, but they have been here at Kuaua for two days in a row.  And we would love to see them stay.

Turkeys have always been an important part of this place!  The archaeological record shows for certain that their meat fed the people here.  Perhaps more important, though, were their feathers.  Woven into yucca cordage, turkey feathers were used to create warm blankets which must have made the difference between life and death for the Pueblo people here in winters  like the one of 1540, when the Rio Grande froze solid.

Ranger Ethan has located archaeological evidence that proves how important at least one turkey was to the people who lived in this village!  More interesting stories to come .. ;)

Turkeys Come Back to Kuaua Pueblo! It's been a long while since turkey roamed around this pueblo. We can only imagine how the plazas here teemed with life of all kinds, including flocks of turkeys strolling around looking for food, fluttering when chased by pueblo children or even dogs whose job it was to care for them!

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The Sandia Mountains at Exactly Five PM!

The Sandia Mountains at Exactly Five PM!

One of the many blessings about working at Coronado Historic Site is watching how the seasons, light, weather, and even the time of day paint a different landscape of mountains and river. Yesterday, we waited with a photographer to capture a magic time when  the mountains are washed with the most amazing shade of salmon pink.  It gave them their name, Sandias, or “watermelon”,  in Spanish. Jack…