...The Presidio of San Francisco, a Spanish colonial military settlement, was established on July 26, 1776 by a caravan of 193 men, women, and children who had traveled overland from Tubac, Arizona. In less than one short year, the San Francisco Bay area was transformed from the homeland of the Ohlone...

...Chapter 4 covers Presidio Isla de Santa Rosa, Punta de Sigüenza (1753-1756), which was located for protection from Indian attacks on the tip of a barrier island at the entrance on Pensacola Bay. This presidio had a very small fort and a long linear community of small wooden buildings. Eight...

...Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola was the fourth and final location of the presidio. A slow transition from Santa Rosa resulted in the military facilities and housing being built before the enclosing fort wall. The transfer to the British resulted in excellent descriptions and maps of the buildings...

...Presidios of Spanish West Florida provides the first comprehensive synthesis of historical and archaeological investigations conducted at the fortified settlements built by Spain in the Florida panhandle from 1698 to 1763. Combining intensive research by author Judith Bense...

...Alta California was divided into four jurisdictions: San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Francisco, each anchored with a presidio and five to six missions and civilian communities. We describe each of these jurisdictions, their resident native and emigrant populations, and their economy...

...Prior to European contact, ceramic technology was nonexistent among Native American groups in California north of the Los Angeles basin. Fired clay roof tiles, floor tiles, and water pipes were a necessity for the development of the infrastructure for California's system of missions, presidios...

... California. A case study from the author's research at the Presidio of San Francisco illustrates how this historical perspective brings new perspectives on archaeological interpretations of Spanish-colonial ceramics. Burnished ceramics Ceramics aesthetics of —folk classifications of imported ceramics...

... rope 8 dozen shoes for girls of various sizes source: Reproduced from Chapman 1916 . Table 16. Places of manufacture referenced in requisitions and invoices, El Presidio de San Francisco, 1781–1810 New Spain (Mexico) Blue domestic cloth, cabo cloth...

...The introductory chapter presents a review of the historical archaeology conducted in Spanish West Florida, a summary of the historical events that led to the establishment of a presidio in the region in 1698, and an overview of the people and movements of the presidio. Also introduced...

...Chapter 2 describes the Spanish “rediscovery” of West Florida while searching for an intrusive French fort on the Texas coast in 1684 and a new presidio in 1698 on Pensacola Bay to the protect the northern Gulf coast. The presidio fort, San Carlos de Austria, is described in detail along with its...

...Chapter 3 describes the retreat of the Spanish after the loss of Pensacola Bay to St. Joseph Bay, 115 miles to the east. The Spanish amassed a force of about 1,200 men there and quickly built a new large presidio among the tall dunes at the tip of the narrow St. Joseph Peninsula at the bay entrance...

...Table 6. Native Californian artifacts found in the Presidio quadrangle area Field Project Total Number of Artifacts Collected Artifacts Associated with Native Californian Material Culture 1993–1994 Woodward-Clyde Consultants excavations ( Voss and Benté 1996a ) 11,193 2...

...Table 8. Formal spatial analysis of residential buildings in plans for the Presidio quadrangle Residential Buildings In 1792 Plan In 1795 Plan In 1796 Plan In 1815 Quadrangle Number of rooms/enclosed spaces per residential building    1 9 0 2 Most...

...Drawn into a web of nation building and empire, the Spanish-colonial settlers who established the Presidio of San Francisco in California were subjected to military and religious disciplines and transformed by their new roles and responsibilities. But the settlers were not simply passive cogs...

...This chapter discusses the characteristics and chronological placement of the tin-enameled earthenwares (mayólica) that were used in Alta California between 1769 and 1850. It focuses on a sample drawn from San Diego Presidio, San Diego Mission, and San Luis Rey Mission. The chapter...