Anthropological Analysis of Exploration Texts
Cultural Discourse and the Ethnological Import of Fray Marcos de Niza's Journey to Cibola
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2459643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel T Reff (The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 636-655 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1991.93.3.02a00060 |
| OpenAlex | W2139778151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 59 |
This article highlights methodological and theoretical presuppositions that have contributed to scholarly neglect and rejection of exploration chronicles such as Fray Marcos de Niza's account of his journey to Cibola in 1539. Marcos's relación and similar texts often have been ignored or rejected because of presuppositions about the "accuracy" of modern anthropological, as opposed to historical, texts and unwitting acceptance of the "civilization-savagery" myth, which continues to govern interpretations of European and Indian relations. Discourse analysis of Marcos's relación reveals numerous observations on native life that shed light on the archeological record and the fate of the Hohokam and Trincheras cultures of the Greater Southwest
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Greater America
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The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule
Works and lives
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The San Pedro Salado
Discurso narrativo de la conquista de América
The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza
Prehistoric Textiles of the Southwest
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Coronado
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The North Frontier of New Spain
Francisco de Ibarra and Nueva Vizcaya
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2024 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |