Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga : A Frontier Mission in South Texas /
Walter, Tamra Lynn
Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga : A Frontier Mission in South Texas / Tamra Lynn Walter. - 1 online resource (239 p.) - Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- One INTRODUCTION -- Two THE HISTORICAL RECORD -- Three THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD -- Four MISSION ARCHITECTURE -- Five INVESTIGATIONS AT RELATED SITES -- Six MISSION MATERIAL CULTURE -- Seven MISSION FOODWAYS The Faunal Collection -- Eight CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780292795549
10.7560/714786 doi
Food habits--History.--Texas--Mission Valley
Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Mission Valley.
Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Texas--Mission Valley
Material culture--History.--Texas--Mission Valley
Spaniards--Antiquities.--Texas--Mission Valley
Spanish mission buildings--Texas--Mission Valley.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
976.4/492
Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga : A Frontier Mission in South Texas / Tamra Lynn Walter. - 1 online resource (239 p.) - Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- One INTRODUCTION -- Two THE HISTORICAL RECORD -- Three THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD -- Four MISSION ARCHITECTURE -- Five INVESTIGATIONS AT RELATED SITES -- Six MISSION MATERIAL CULTURE -- Seven MISSION FOODWAYS The Faunal Collection -- Eight CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780292795549
10.7560/714786 doi
Food habits--History.--Texas--Mission Valley
Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Mission Valley.
Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Texas--Mission Valley
Material culture--History.--Texas--Mission Valley
Spaniards--Antiquities.--Texas--Mission Valley
Spanish mission buildings--Texas--Mission Valley.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
976.4/492