A Chinaman's Chance
The Chinese on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier
"Valuable studies of current research and interpretation concerning the possible route of Vasquez de Coronado."
—Hispanic American Historical Review
The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva is an engaging record of key research by archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, and geographers concerning the first organized European entrance into what is now the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico.
In search of where the expedition went and what peoples it encountered, this volume explores the fertile valleys of Sonora, the basins and ranges of southern Arizona, the Zuni pueblos and the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, and the Llano Estacado of the Texas panhandle.
The 21 contributors to the volume have pursued some of the most significant lines of research in the field in the last 50 years; their techniques range from documentary analysis and recording traditional stories to detailed examination of the landscape and excavation of campsites and Indian towns. With more confidence than ever before, researchers are closing in on the route of the conquistadors.
