Kiva Cross & Crown: The Pecos Indians and New Mexico, 1540-1840

Kiva Cross & Crown is a meticulous and engaging history of one of the largest and most powerful Pueblos. Northern New Mexico has been inhabited by people of European heritage for over 400 years—and by Native Americans skilled in agriculture and stone masonry for thousands of years. This book covers the history of the now-gone Pecos Pueblo from before 1540 thru 1840. Pecos Pueblo was built along the banks of the river we now call the Pecos near where this river leaves the high altitude southern Rocky Mountains. Pecos pueblo was the largest of the Indian pueblos, and probably the most culturally diverse. This time period also coincides with the Spanish Colonial period of New Spain, and ends just about the time of the Anglo-American military conquest. Kiva, Cross, and Crown effectively covers about 300 years of written histories occurring in North America prior to the coming of the "American History" that most of us are familiar with. For this reason alone, this is a fascinating work of history. Richly illustrated with drawings from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth.

• ISBN-13: 9781877856563
• Genre: Western History, Published by WNPA
• Format: Paperback
• Trim size: 6 1/4" x 9"
• Page count: 304 pages
• Published by Western National Parks Association in 1995
• Written by John L. Kessell
• Audience: Adult