The Galisteo Basin was a difficult and dangerous area for many centuries, as it served as a buffer between the plains tribes and the Rio Grande pueblos. The Spanish entrada complicated the problem, as the Galisteo Basin lay in the path of El Camino Real. Eventually, the Tano inhabitants gave up their homes and became assimilated with other pueblos. After the reconquest, the Galisteo basin was repopulated with Christianized Indians, birthing the communities that still exist today.
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Cholla cactus growing around barbed wire.
View towards the Jemez Mountains.
Pottery shards surface after heavy rains.
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