{"product_id":"uncovering-americas-first-war-contact-conflict-and-coronados-expedition-to-the-rio-grande-hardcover","title":"Uncovering America's First War: Contact, Conflict, and Coronado's Expedition to the Rio Grande - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew F. Schmader\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Flint\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eShirley Cushing Flint\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the 1530s, Indigenous Pueblo populations in the American Southwest reached tens of thousands of people with a rich culture expressed through stunning architecture, ceramic technology, and ceremonial life. Then, into that world came outsiders--an army from Spain's new colony in Mexico led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. First contacts at the western Pueblos of Zuni, Hopi, and Acoma led to open warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the winter of 1540, increasing tensions and resistance spilled over into violence in America's earliest named war, the Tiguex War, which occurred in an area settled by ancestors of today's Rio Grande Pueblos. The largest and most intact battle site of that fierce conflict is known as Piedras Marcadas Pueblo, situated within present-day Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fighting back against Coronado's crossbows and muskets with stone-tipped arrows and slingstones, the Puebloans mounted a courageous defense of their largest village, piling rocks on rooftops and hurling them down at attackers. Hundreds of artifacts found at Piedras Marcadas reveal the life-and-death contest for survival that occurred within those ancient walls and plazas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew F. Schmader\u003c\/b\u003e has been conducting archaeological research in central New Mexico for more than forty years. He has conducted research on sites of every major cultural time period in New Mexico and served as the Albuquerque City Archaeologist for ten years. He is currently an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Flint\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Settlement, No Conquest: A History of the Coronado Entrada\u003c\/i\u003e, the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eA Most Splendid Company: The Coronado Expedition in Global Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Coronado Expedition: From the Distance of 460 Years\u003c\/i\u003e (all from UNM Press). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Cushing Flint\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Mere Shadows: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e, the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eA Most Splendid Company: The Coronado Expedition in Global Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Coronado Expedition: From the Distance of 460 Years\u003c\/i\u003e (all from UNM Press).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978202087725,"sku":"9780826367938","price":127.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/33bx3Pj2PL9780826367938.webp?v=1775800993","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/uncovering-americas-first-war-contact-conflict-and-coronados-expedition-to-the-rio-grande-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}