Author: Cynthia L. TennisPublisher: Texas Department of Transportation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Archaeological Investigations at a Spanish Colonial Site, (41KA26-B) Karnes County, Texas
Author: Cynthia L. TennisPublisher: Texas Department of Transportation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
Author: Tamra Lynn WalterPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292773919
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
San Antonio Conservation Society Citation, 2009 In the early part of the eighteenth century, the Spanish colonial mission Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga was relocated from far south Texas to a site along the Guadalupe River in Mission Valley, Victoria County. This mission, along with a handful of others in south Texas, was established by the Spaniards in an effort to Christianize and civilize the local Native American tribes in the hopes that they would become loyal Spanish citizens who would protect this new frontier from foreign incursions. With written historical records scarce for Espíritu Santo, Tamra Walter relies heavily on material culture recovered at this site through a series of recent archaeological investigations to present a compelling portrait of the Franciscan mission system. By examining findings from the entire mission site, including the compound, irrigation system, quarry, and kiln, she focuses on questions that are rarely, if ever, answered through historical records alone: What was daily life at the mission like? What effect did the mission routine have on the traditional lifeways of the mission Indians? How were both the Indians and the colonizers changed by their frontier experiences, and what does this say about the missionization process? Walter goes beyond simple descriptions of artifacts and mission architecture to address the role these elements played in the lives of the mission residents, demonstrating how archaeology is able to address issues that are not typically addressed by historians. In doing so, she presents an accurate portrait of life in South Texas at this time. This study of Mission Espíritu Santo will serve as a model for research at similar early colonial sites in Texas and elsewhere.
Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society
Author: Texas Archeological SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History
Author: Milo KearneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brownsville (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
South Texas Studies
Author: American Doctoral Dissertations
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertation abstracts
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Transformations on the Mission Frontier
Author: Grace Granger KeyesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
History of Refugio Mission
Author: William Herman OberstePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hollister Ranch (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
From a Watery Grave
Author: James E. BrusethPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585443475
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
An account of the discovery and excavation of the French ship La Belle, shipwrecked in 1686 in Matagorda Bay, Texas.