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A Retrospective Look at Columbian Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David Hurst Thomas
David Hurst Thomas*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024
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Abstract

The Executive Committee of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) determined in 1988 that the primary vehicle for observing the Columbian Quincentenary would be a three-volume series, ultimately entitled Columbian Consequences. The objective of these volumes is to probe the social, demographic, ecological, ideological, and human repercussions of European-Native American encounters across the Spanish Borderlands. This inquiry is informed by a "cubist" perspective, which attempts to approach the past from multiple directions simultaneously. The ninety-three chapters of Columbian Consequences drew upon a diverse range of disciplines, including archaeology, history, physical anthropology, ethnohistory, cultural anthropology, art history, and geography. The royalties from Columbian Consequences are earmarked for the Native American Scholarship Fund, sponsored by the SAA.

Resumen

Resumen

El Comité Ejecutivo de la Society for American Archaeology (SAA) determinó en 1988 que el principal vehículo para observar el Quincentenario de Colón sería una serie de tres volúmenes, titulada Columbian Consequences. El objetivo de estos volúmenes es el de explorar las repercusiones demográficas, ecológicas, ideológicas y humanas de los encuentros europeo-nativo americanos a través de las fronteras hispanas. Este estudio está enmarcado en una perspectiva "cubista," la cual intenta approximar el pasado desde direcciones múltiples simultaneamente. Los noventa y tres capítulos de Columbian Consequences incorporan un amplio rango de disciplinas, incluyendo arqueología, historia, antropología física, etnohistoria, antropología cultural, historia del arte, y geografía. Los derechos de Columbian Consequences están destinados afinanciar el Fondo de Becas Nativo Americanos, patrocinado por la SAA.

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American Antiquity , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 613 - 616
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1992

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Thomas, D. H. (editor) 1989 Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on the Spanish Borderlands West. Columbian Consequences, vol. 1. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. Google Scholar
Thomas, D. H. (editor) 1990 Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on the Spanish Borderlands East. Columbian Consequences, vol. 2. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. Google Scholar
Thomas, D. H. (editor) 1991 The Spanish Borderlands in Pan-American Perspective. Columbian Consequences, vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. Google Scholar