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Albert Gonzalez has carried out archaeological, historical, and ethnographic work among Hispanos in the Taos Valley since 2006. Dr. Gonzalez earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from the
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University of Texas at Dallas, his 2007 master’s thesis describing life at the Plaza of San Francisco de Asis in Ranchos de Taos during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries based on historical and archaeological data. He earned his PhD in anthropological archaeology at Southern Methodist University in 2015. His dissertation explores the connection between whiskeymaking, labor, and rebellion at Turley’s Mill and Distillery, a Mexican-era operation destroyed during the 1847 Taos Rebellion. Dr. Gonzalez’s work in Taos has more recently inspired him to examine the archaeology and material culture of Latinos in the United States more generally. He is currently working to draw together a multidisciplinary group of scholars in conversation over the commonalities and differences in the historical experiences of Latinos across the country, past and present, paying special attention to the material manifestations of those experiences. He serves currently as Assistant Professor at California State University – East Bay, in Hayward, California.
