NM Centennial - Shaped by Science, Pt. 1 Technology shapes the
human story, and its role is apparent not only recently but also
across the span of New Mexico history. The farming techniques
used by Native Americans shaped where and how communities could
survive. The Spanish, who adopted some of those techniques and
brought irrigation technologies, changed the landscape. And then
the railroad arrived in the 19th century. The history of New
Mexico since statehood has been marked by a different sort of
technological core, as the U.S. military-industrial complex made
its mark, along with big federally funded science that made the
state what it is today. Next time: The Atomic Bomb Thanks to The
Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico: 100 years of Statehood for this
article.