Zooarchaeological research at Spanish colonial missions in the U.S.-Mexico border region indicates that cattle ranching formed the basis for economic colonialism in the region. Animal remains from Mission Nuestra Señora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocóspera add to this expanding body of research and demonstrate heterogeneity in mission economic strategies, particularly influenced by local ecology, and sociopolitical history. Located at a higher elevation, subjected to many years of livestock raiding, and rarely hosting a resident priest, the O’odham community at Mission Cocóspera continued to rely a great deal on the exploitation of wild game, even as they adopted cattle ranching.

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努埃斯特拉·塞纳拉·德尔·皮拉尔·圣地亚哥·科科斯培拉特派团的动物考古学

在美国-墨西哥边境地区的西班牙殖民地特派团进行的动物考古学研究表明，养牛是该地区经济殖民主义的基础。Mission NuestraSeñoradel Pilar和Santiago deCocóspera的动物遗骸增加了这一不断扩大的研究范围，并显示了特派团经济战略中的异质性，特别是受当地生态和社会政治历史的影响。位于高海拔地区，经受了多年的牲畜袭击，很少接待常驻牧师，科斯科斯佩拉（MissionCocóspera）的O'odham社区继续很大程度地利用野外狩猎，即使他们采用了养牛的方式。