Rare Native American Artifact Tools
I live in Bernalillo, NM, seven pueblos are in the neighboring area of the town and each pueblo has a different and exciting history. I found these artifacts in my backyard. Lot of 9 tools About Bernalillo The Town of Bernalillo is set at the northwest slope of the Sandia Mountains and hugs the banks of the state’s major river, the Rio Grande. This community boasts being the historical center of the State of New Mexico with occupation reaching back almost a thousand years. Since the town is located between two Native American Pueblos, Sandia Pueblo on the south and Santa Ana Pueblo on the north, little opportunity exists for expansion beyond the current municipal boundary. Several early pueblo sites are found here. There are several pueblos located near the town Bernalillo which is in Sandoval county. Sandoval County has 12 Indian reservations and two joint-use areas lying within its borders. This is the second highest number of reservations of any county in the United States after San Diego County, California, which has 18 reservations. Riverside County, California also has 12 reservations, but no joint-use areas. I live 2 miles from Coronado Historic Site. Coronado Historic Site is the Tiwa pueblo of Kuaua and a historic site that is part of the State-governed Museum of New Mexico system. When archeologists from the Museum of New Mexico excavated Kuaua Pueblo during the 1930s, they discovered a square kiva in the south plaza of the community. This kiva, or ceremonial chamber, contained many layers of mural paintings. These murals represent some of the finest examples of Pre-Columbian art ever found in the United States. Coronado was searching for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. Instead of treasure, he found a dozen villages inhabited by prosperous native farmers. These newly “discovered” people spoke Tiwa, and their ancestors had already been living in this area for thousands of years. Coronado called them: Los Indios de los Pueblos or Pueblo Indians. He and his men visited all twelve Tiwa villages during the course of the next two years because they survived on food and other supplies that they obtained from them. Without the assistance of the Tiwas (willing or unwilling), Coronado and his men very likely would have starved to death. Kuaua was the northernmost of the twelve villages. Its name means “evergreen” in Tiwa. It was first settled around AD 1325 and was occupied by approximately 1,200 people when Coronado arrived.
