The Tewa Indians of the Rio Grande and Their Neighbors--A.D. 1450-1680
Schroeder AH. 1984. The Tewa Indians of the Rio Grande and Their Neighbors--A.D. 1450-1680. Pages 283-286. In New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 35th Field Conference
The Tewa country, flanked on the west side of the Rio Grande by the Jemez Mountains and Pajarito Plateau and on the east side by the Sangre de Cristo Range, extended along the river throughout the Espaiiola Basin of the Rio Grande rift, roughly from Bandelier National Monument north to the Abiquiu-EI Rito area. The Tewa story, briefly reviewed herein and covering the transition from late prehistoric times into the early historic period, takes place within this region. However, interaction with neighboring people, both Indian and Spanish, provides a wider cultural environment within which the Tewas operated.