Yuman Rebels of Antigua California

Colonial Resistance in a Hostile Environment

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ID12986279
AuthorsAntonio Porcayo‐michelini (corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume14
Issue2
Pages103-132
Publication date2022-07-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCalifornia Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1947-461X • E-ISSN: 1947-4628
PublisherManey Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1947461x.2022.2121023
OpenAlexW4295949345
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

Archaeological studies conducted in the north of Baja California document a series of peculiar settlements in Yuman territory, as in the case of site MRA 21, given their relative inaccessibility where human life under current climatic conditions is unsustainable. Radiocarbon dating and evidence from the colonial period when invasion of the Yuman territory began (A.D. 1769) show that indeed there was subjugation of indigenous people, but also demonstrate a tenacious resistance from Yumans who took the most marginal areas of the northeast of the peninsula as an impregnable refuge. Was it their will alone that allowed these Yumans to survive the mission period and the colonialization? Or could “geographic isolation” and environmental factors have led to this resistance being successful to a large extent? This issue is analyzed here, arriving at a new vision of how they probably achieved it

Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Colonialism · Resistance (ecology · History · Indigenous Cultures and History · Latin American history and culture · Politics and Society in Latin America · Ecology

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