Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Hypotheses and Evidence
1. A Historiography of the Route of the Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado: General Comments
2. The Coronado Documents: Their Limitations
3. Coronado Fought Here: Crossbow Boltheads as Possible Indicators of the 1540–1542 Expedition
4. Armas de la Tierra: The Mexican Indian Component of Coronado Expedition Material Culture
Part II: Precedents, 1538–1539
5. Pathfinder for Coronado: Reevaluating the Mysterious Journey of Marcos de Niza
6. Cíbola, from fray Marcos to Coronado
7. The Search for Coronado’s Contemporary: The Discovery, Excavation, and Interpretation of Hernando de Soto’s First Winter Encampment
Part III: The Coronado Expedition, Compostela to Cíbola
8. A Historiography of the Route of the Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado: Compostela to Cíbola
9. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s Northward Trek Through Sonora
10. The Relevance of Ethnology to the Routing of the Coronado Expedition in Sonora
11. An Archeological Perspective on the Sonora Entrada
12. The 76 Ranch Ruin and the Location of Chichilticale
Part IV: The Coronado Expedition, Cíbola to Río de Cicúye
13. A Historiography of the Route of the Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado: Cíbola to Río de Cicúye
14. Zuni on the Day the Men in Metal Arrived
15. The Geography of Middle Rio Grande Pueblos Revealed by Spanish Explorers, 1540–1598
16. Let the Dust Settle: A Review of the Coronado Campsite in the Tiguex Province
17. The Coronado Expedition: Cicúye to the Río de Cicúye Bridge
Part V: The Coronado Expedition, Río de Cicúye to Quivira
18. A Historiography of the Route of the Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado: Río de Cicúye to Quivira
19. Which Barrancas? Narrowing the Possibilities
20. The Teya Indians of the Southwestern Plains
21. “Por alli no ay losa ni se hace,” Gilded Men and Glazed Pottery on the Southern Plains
22. A Large Canyon Like Those of Colima
23. Una Barranca Grande: Recent Archeological Evidence and a Discussion of Its Place in the Coronado Route
Concluding Remarks
References Cited
Contributors
Index