Nature Notes From West Texas Public Radio
Dating La Junta: Filling in the Story of an Indigenous Borderlands Culture
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:04:00
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Synopsis
It features prominently in the earliest European account of the American Southwest, and it’s a fascinating chapter in Texas history. And yet, much about La Junta – the Native American society that flourished at the confluence of the Rio Grande and Rio Conchos, at present-day Presidio-Ojinaga – remains mysterious. Archeologists haven’t given it the same attention as other farming and village societies.