Using a genealogy of the narratives of the Guadalupes, I explore three moral identities. The Mescalero Apache exist as caretakers of sacred space. Spanish and Anglo settlers exist as conquerors of a hostile land. The park service exists as captives, imprisoned in the belief that economic justifications can protect the intrinsic value of wilderness. The narrative shift from oral to abstract text-based culture entails a shift from intrinsic to instrumental valuation. I conclude that interpretation of narratives, such as those of the Guadalupes, is not by itself a sufficient condition for change. Interpretation is, however, a necessary condition for expanding the cultural conversation beyond merely instrumental justifications to include caring for wilderness's intrinsic values.

Migration, ethnicity and cultural pattern are reviewed. The research questions how accurately the prehistoric archaeologist can interpret migration and ethnicity by means of a review of the modern migration of a group of Russian sectarians to Baja California, Mexico. Excavations undertaken in seven households at different levels of assimilation with their Mexican and Indian neighbors suggests that material culture does reflect ethnicity under these best of all archaeological circumstances. A methodology for the determination of prehistoric migrations is suggested. It concludes that "cultural pattern" is a more useful concept than "ethnicity" in the determination of archaeological migrations.

Durante a Idade Média, o homem português expressava sua fé de algumas formas. A peregrinação se constituía em uma dessas formas. Neste sentido, observamos um Mosteiro na região da Estremadura Castelhana, onde frades da Ordem de São Jerônimo guardavam uma imagem de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe. Este Mosteiro foi alvo de peregrinação de simples portugueses, passando por membros de vários estratos sociais e até de um monarca, D. Afonso V. Para analisarmos esta peregrinação no século XV, utilizamos como fonte o Livro de Milagres do Mosteiro, onde os Jerónimos recolhiam os motivos da peregrinação e, assim, possuindo instrumentos para a divulgação do culto à virgem de Guadalupe. A análise da documentação leva-nos a descobrir aspectos da espiritualidade do português medieval, assim como também a observarmos que não somente de fé vivia a rota para o Mosteiro, visto que um jogo político igualmente fazia sua peregrinação. / During the Middle Age, portuguese man used to express their faith in many ways. Peregrination was one of theses ways. In this sense, we observed a Monastery located in the region of the Castilian Extremadura, in which friars of the Order of Saint Jerome kept an image of Saint Mary of Guadalupe. This Monastery was the target of peregrination of mere Portuguese man, members of different social classes and even a monarch, D. Afonso V. The analysis of XV century peregrination was based on the Book of Miracles of the Monastery, where hieronymites collected the reasons of the peregrination and, thus, had instruments to spread the cult to the virgin of Guadalupe. The analysis of the documentations reveals aspects of Portuguese man spirituality. We also observe that the route for the Monastery was not motivated only by faith, considering that the peregrination also constituted a political game.

Durante a Idade Média, o homem português expressava sua fé de algumas formas. A peregrinação se constituía em uma dessas formas. Neste sentido, observamos um Mosteiro na região da Estremadura Castelhana, onde frades da Ordem de São Jerônimo guardavam uma imagem de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe. Este Mosteiro foi alvo de peregrinação de simples portugueses, passando por membros de vários estratos sociais e até de um monarca, D. Afonso V. Para analisarmos esta peregrinação no século XV, utilizamos como fonte o Livro de Milagres do Mosteiro, onde os Jerónimos recolhiam os motivos da peregrinação e, assim, possuindo instrumentos para a divulgação do culto à virgem de Guadalupe. A análise da documentação leva-nos a descobrir aspectos da espiritualidade do português medieval, assim como também a observarmos que não somente de fé vivia a rota para o Mosteiro, visto que um jogo político igualmente fazia sua peregrinação. / During the Middle Age, portuguese man used to express their faith in many ways. Peregrination was one of theses ways. In this sense, we observed a Monastery located in the region of the Castilian Extremadura, in which friars of the Order of Saint Jerome kept an image of Saint Mary of Guadalupe. This Monastery was the target of peregrination of mere Portuguese man, members of different social classes and even a monarch, D. Afonso V. The analysis of XV century peregrination was based on the Book of Miracles of the Monastery, where hieronymites collected the reasons of the peregrination and, thus, had instruments to spread the cult to the virgin of Guadalupe. The analysis of the documentations reveals aspects of Portuguese man spirituality. We also observe that the route for the Monastery was not motivated only by faith, considering that the peregrination also constituted a political game.

La presente investigación es una respuesta al vacío de investigaciones académicas sobre los paisajes rizícolas en el Perú. Por ello, se analiza el paisaje del distrito de Guadalupe desde la construcción de la represa de Gallito Ciego en 1988 hasta la actualidad con el objetivo de aportar al diseño de un plan del paisaje agrícola que considere los nuevos escenarios y necesidades de la gestión territorial. La hipótesis inicial propone que la lectura (memoria, lectura, análisis) del paisaje rizícola en Guadalupe permite conocer su multidimensionalidad y su configuración territorial; y con ello, proponer estrategias para su protección, conservación y puesta en valor que responda a las necesidades de la eficiencia de uso del agua y del suelo. Asimismo, para fines de esta investigación se adaptó la metodología propuesta por el gobierno británico, Landscape Character Assessment, la cual utiliza variables mixtas para la recolección y procesamiento de datos. Ello incluye una revisión histórica de la configuración del paisaje, análisis de imágenes satelitales, recolección a través de grupos focales, talleres y entrevistas para la identificación de las unidades y elementos que componen el paisaje. Se concluye que el paisaje rizícola ya era predominante en Guadalupe antes de la construcción de la represa Gallito Ciego, pero dicha infraestructura aceleró dicho proceso y lo consolidó. También, ante la ocurrencia de eventos climáticos, la reducción de la capacidad de almacenaje de la represa y la influencia de la agricultura de exportación, los desafíos aumentan para los agricultores de arroz de Guadalupe, especialmente para los más pequeños. Así, se reflexiona sobre la importancia de incluir en las propuestas de gestión territorial, el reconocimiento de las tradiciones, imaginarios y actividades asociadas. Finalmente, se concluye que el paisaje de Guadalupe es agrícola e histórico con un gran potencial de diversificación de las actividades económicas mediante la ejecución de un plan. / The research addresses the gap in academic studies on rhizoculture landscapes in Peru, specifically focusing on the Guadalupe district from the construction of the Gallito Ciego dam in 1988 to the present. The objective is to contribute to the development of an agricultural landscape plan that considers emerging scenarios and territorial management needs. The initial hypothesis proposes that an examination of the rice landscape in Guadalupe, involving memory, analysis, and interpretation, provides insights into its multidimensionality and territorial configuration. This understanding, in turn, informs strategies for the protection, conservation, and enhancement of the landscape, with a focus on improving water and soil use efficiency. The research adopts the Landscape Character Assessment methodology proposed by the British government, employing mixed variables for data collection and processing. This includes a comprehensive historical review of the landscape, analysis of satellite images, and data collection through focus groups, workshops, and interviews to identify landscape units and elements. The conclusion drawn is that the rhizome landscape was already prevalent in Guadalupe before the construction of the Gallito Ciego dam, and the infrastructure expedited and solidified this process. Challenges are amplified for rice farmers due to climatic events, reduced dam capacity, and the impact of export agriculture, particularly affecting smaller farmers. The study underscores the importance of recognizing traditions, imaginaries, and associated activities in territorial management proposals. In summary, Guadalupe's landscape, encompassing both agricultural and historical aspects, holds significant potential for economic diversification through the implementation of a landscape plan.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2003. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-143).

The San Andres and Grayburg Formations are important stratigraphic units for constructing correlation frameworks of the Guadalupe Mountains because these strata record the transition between the ramp profiles of the San Andres along the Algerita Escarpment and the reef-rimmed platforms of the Capitan Formation of the southern Guadalupe Mountains (Franseen et al. 1989). Sarg et al. (1999) and Kerans and Tinker (1999) have published significantly different models of shelf-to-basin correlations within this stratigraphic interval. Central to the debate is the correlation of mixed carbonate-siliciclastic strata exposed at Plowman Ridge in the Brokeoff Mountains to the better-constrained strata along the Shattuck Escarpment in the Guadalupe Mountains. This study applies high-resolution cyclostratigraphy, inorganic carbon isotope geochemistry, and sequence stratigraphic concepts to test the hypothesis that the strata exposed at Plowman Ridge are equivalent to Grayburg strata exposed at the Shattuck Escarpment in the southern Guadalupe Mountains (Kerans and Nance 1991, Kerans and Kempter 2002). The shelf-to-basin cyclostratigraphic framework of the Grayburg Formation used in this study was established at the Shattuck Escarpment with data compiled from nine detailed measured sections, high-resolution photopans, and petrographic analysis. Based on one- and two-dimensional cycle stacking analysis, the Grayburg Formation was divided into three high-frequency sequences (HFSs). The high-frequency sequences contain transgressive systems tracts separated by maximum flooding surfaces from the highstand systems tracts. The Grayburg high-frequency sequences are composed of between 6 and 20 high-frequency cycles (HFCs), which were identified and classified into vertical facies successions. The Grayburg succession at Shattuck section 7 (32.09ᵒ, -104.81ᵒ) was selected as the reference section from the Guadalupe Mountains for comparison with Plowman section PR1 (32.03ᵒ, -104.89ᵒ) in the Brokeoff Mountains. Correlation between sections is documented at the 3rd-order composite sequence, high-frequency sequence, and when feasible, high-frequency cycle scale. Three high-frequency sequences recognized at Plowman Ridge section PR1 are equivalent to the G10, G11, and G12 Grayburg sequences described at Shattuck section 7. Correlation of the Grayburg G10-G12 high-frequency sequences with the three sequences at Plowman Ridge is based on comparison of overall thicknesses, facies proportions, cycle number, vertical facies succession, stratigraphic position of diagnostic units, and excursions within the inorganic carbon isotope profiles taken from both sections. Establishing the links between Grayburg strata on the Shattuck wall with strata on Plowman Ridge corroborates the framework/correlation scheme of Kerans and Tinker (1999) in lieu of other published correlation frameworks. / text

Numerous recent studies have demonstrated the importance of syndepositional faulting as an inherent element of steep-rimmed carbonate margins. However, these studies have not emphasized the relationship to older shelf margins, multiphase deformation history, and complexity of fault zone internal structure. In the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, extensive syndepositional deformation parallels the Permian Capitan shelf margin reef and has developed in the absence of regional tectonic forces due to a combination of early carbonate cementation, gravitational instability, differential compaction, and variable progradation to aggradation at pre-existing shelf margins. This study focuses on the geometry, growth history, and internal fill type distribution within the Cave Graben Fault System (CGFS) in Slaughter and Rattlesnake Canyons of the Guadalupian (Capitan) shelf margin with the intent to understand the temporal and spatial evolution of deformation in front of the G24 shelf margin. Stratigraphy, faults and fractures exposed within the CGFS were mapped using high-resolution gigapan photos and GPS, along with RCRL Guadalupe airborne lidar, provides a geospatial database for 3D visualization, quantification, and interpretation. Detailed mapping reveals a high degree of variability in fault geometry, including the presence of vertical and lateral fault relays, antithetic and synthetic splays, and highly variable fault and fracture apertures, suggesting a complex deformational history. Hundreds of early-formed fractures have been mapped within the G24-G25 shelf margin system, but the development of significant faults with appreciable displacement only occurs in front of the G24 margin. Vertical fault displacement varies from 9 to 34 m in the CGFS. Breccias several meters in width fill the main faults and contain entrained sediment and clasts of variable age and composition. Stratal geometries reveal that movement and episodic growth occurred along the faults soon after deposition. Further investigation of the sediment and breccia fills suggests that a significant dissolution event along the fault allowed for the entrainment of much younger, post-Permian sediment. Based on these findings it appears that in Rattlesnake Canyon at least 30-60% of the CGFS vertical displacement occurs in the Permian, whereas up to 40-70% may develop post-Permian, providing a significant advancement in the understanding of timing of fault systems within the Capitan shelf margin. / text

This study qualitatively and quantitatively analyzes the geomorphology of alluvial fans in the Guadalupe Mountains Region (GMR) of west Texas and south-central New Mexico. Morphometric data for 31 alluvial fans and drainage basins ha ve been derived. The data set was subdivided into Guadalupe and Brokeoff Mountain fans and was further subdivided on the basis of their location along the two mountain ranges. A conventional morphometric analysis was conducted relating alluvial fan area and slope to drainage basin area in order to understand if and to what extent the alluvial fans of the GMR are dependent on the physical environment, including characteristics and processes of the drainage basin and depositional site. The results of the morphometric analysis indicate that the morphometric relationships that exist between the alluvial fans of the GMR and their contributory drainage basins are comparably to those of alluvial fans of the western United States. Morphologic and morphometric differences between the various groups primarily reflect geographic differences in the physiography and lithology of the contributory drainage basin, tectonics, and the various physical constraints imposed by the GMR.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Texas State University-San Marcos, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-100).