Casas Grandes Medio Period Pilgrimages

Religious pilgrimages to Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico were central to the political and religious system during the Medio period (AD 1200 to 1450). We discuss the ways that Paquimé elites made their site a "place worth visiting". This was originally recorded for Anthropology Day 2021.

This presentation summarizes aspects of the following article:

https://www.academia.edu/41536725/Van...

VanPool, Todd L., and Christine S. VanPool. "5 Paquimé’s appeal." Cognitive Archaeology: Mind, Ethnography, and the Past in South Africa and Beyond (2019).