Gran Quivira Mythical City of Gold The craze for gold and silver significantly contributed to the settlement of the American Southwest. For over three hundred years a gold myth has persisted at Gran Quivira, a prehistoric Indian ruin and seventeenth century Spanish mission located south of Mountainair.
Does the name Gran Quivira have anything to do with the misconception, since Quivira was the mythical city of gold the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado searched for all the way to Kansas?
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Does the name Gran Quivira have anything to do with the misconception, since Quivira was the mythical city of gold the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado searched for all the way to Kansas?
On Demand Performance - KXNM archives Archaeology In Your Backyard as MP3 files, allowing you to listen to your favorite shows on demand, whenever you choose. Click on the audio file below to hear Gran Quivira Mythical City of Gold, or click on the Download File to read the whole story.
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