Explosives Mixing Facility

ons of the name of the monarch on solitary rocks, the planting and unfurling of the royal standard, the ceremonies attending the Acts of Vassalage and Obedience, the forced participation of indigenous peoples in "pedagogical" religious dramas, and so on. Together, these acts make up a complex economy of in

scription that circulates

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• The Story of the Co

nquest Like many tales of Spanish conquest in the Americas, the story of the conquest of New Mexico fully engages the discourse of the "New," marked by origin myths and providential beginnings. The n