Alamo (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kay Hindes. Susan R Snow.

The Mission San Antonio de Valero (known as The Alamo) was established in 1718, by Father Antonio Olivares. The mission was believed to be located in its first location for about 12 months before it was moved to a second location. The third and final location is where it is located today in Alamo Plaza. The first site location has been lost for almost 300 years. In February, 2013, Kay Hindes, City Archaeologist for the City of San Antonio located a number of artifacts that are colonial in age in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kimberly L Breyfogle.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Conservation and Preservation of Archaeological Materials", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Last year, a project was undertaken to determine the best option for treating a bronze cannon on display at the Alamo. The cannon was conserved by the Conservation Research Laboratory, but post-conservation it began precipitating a white powder determined to be a mixture of sodium carbonate-based compounds. The...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nesta J. Anderson.

Recent excavations at the Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) revealed that in the midst of the highly developed urban landscape of San Antonio, pockets of archaeological deposits remain nestled between utilities, streets, and beautification improvements. Excavations at the west and south wall complexes revealed evidence of architectural features and three centuries of refuse left behind by San Antonio's residents as they reinvented the physical landscape. The diversity of material culture...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anne A. Fox. I. Waynne Cox.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Tiffany M Lindley.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The story of the Battle of the Alamo is known to many. However, what may not be known is that the site of the Alamo was, and continues to be, an economic hub for the city of San Antonio. Recent investigations by Alamo archaeologists have shed more light on the bustling commercial history of the site. Spanish Colonial artifacts were...

DOCUMENT Citation Only John W. Greer.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Jack D. Eaton.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Gabriella M. Zaragosa.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Mission San Antonio de Valero and the Alamo – A Construction History from Mission to Military Fortress, Texas, United States", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since the establishment of Mission San Antonio de Valero at its current location in 1724, the adjoining open plaza has served as a communal space for mission residents, various militaries, and early businesses of Bexar County. Throughout the centuries,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anna M. Schautteet.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Mission San Antonio de Valero and the Alamo – A Construction History from Mission to Military Fortress, Texas, United States", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During the 2022–2023 Alamo Plaza Main Gate and Lunette Project, five archaeological test units were excavated to identify cultural deposits and/or features related to the South Wall and Main Gate of the former Mission San Antonio de Valero, known today...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Chris Dostal.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Conservation of Archaeological Materials from Submerged Sites", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2008, a Spanish-made 4pdr bronze cannon thought to have been used to defend the Alamo in 1836 was donated to the Alamo Museum, which sent it to the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University for conservation prior to display. After 12 years, it began to exhibit new corrosion, and was sent back to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tiffany M. Lindley.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Mission San Antonio de Valero and the Alamo – A Construction History from Mission to Military Fortress, Texas, United States", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2018, preservation experts at Mission San Antonio de Valero, or the Alamo, constructed a plan to address the deterioration of the centuries-old Church and Long Barrack. The poor state of the buildings was not unknown, as rising damp was previously...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kristi Miller Nichols. Steve A. Tomka.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Plus Ultra: An examination of current research in Spanish Colonial/Iberian Underwater and Terrestrial Archaeology in the Western Hemisphere." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As archaeologists prepared for current excavations associated with the Church and Convento at Mission San Antonio de Valero (41BX6) in San Antonio, Texas, previous archaeological and archival research was revisited to piece together...