ABSTRACT

In collaboration with Comcaac (Seris) Indigenous community members from the Sonoran coast of Mexico, this study integrates ethnographic, archaeological, documentary, and oral historical data to better understand the Comcaac past relevant to the present. This is the first publication of Comcaac historical accounts about the Cazoopin, or colonial Spaniards, extending back to AD 1750 and earlier. We document Comcaac people’s first encounters with Spanish sailing ships and their opportunistic adoption of Spanish material culture. Oral accounts are combined with evidence from archaeological survey of named places and archival documents, particularly Pimentel’s Diary of Governor Ortiz Parrilla’s 1750 expedition to Tahejcö (Tiburón Island). For the Sonoran colonial period, previous reconstructions have been based on archaeological evidence and archival documents written by Spanish Empire representatives; here, we encourage the incorporation of Indigenous voices to understand economic, social, political, and ecological dimensions of the past that condition the creation of different historical narratives.

摘要

这项研究与来自墨西哥索诺兰海岸的 Comcaac (Seris) 土著社区成员合作，整合了人种学、考古学、文献和口述历史数据，以更好地了解与现在相关的 Comcaac 过去。这是 Comcaac 首次出版有关卡祖平 (Cazoopin) 或殖民西班牙人的历史记录，其历史可以追溯到公元 1750 年或更早。我们记录了康卡克人第一次接触西班牙帆船以及他们机会主义地采用西班牙物质文化。口头叙述与对指定地点的考古调查和档案文件的证据相结合，特别是皮门特尔 (Pimentel) 总督奥尔蒂斯·帕里拉 (Ortiz Parrilla) 1750 年 Tahejcö（蒂伯龙岛）探险的日记。对于索诺兰殖民时期，之前的重建是基于考古证据和西班牙帝国代表撰写的档案文件；在这里，我们鼓励融入原住民的声音，以理解过去的经济、社会、政治和生态维度，这些维度影响了不同历史叙事的创造。