Foodways at a Colonial Military Frontier Outpost in Northern New Spain:The Faunal Assemblage from Presidio San Sabá,1757-1772
Author(s): Arlene Fradkin; Tamra Walter
Year: 2018
Summary
An 18th-century colonial settlement, Presidio San Sabá was the largest and, indeed, the most remote military frontier outpost within the Spanish Borderlands of Northern New Spain in Texas. Garrisoned with 100 Spanish soldiers who resided there with their civilian families, the presidio numbered nearly 400 people. Historical records reveal that this resident population lived under adverse conditions, suffering from malnutrition, disease, and chronic shortages of food and other supplies. Analysis of the faunal assemblage recovered during archaeological excavations conducted at the presidio site indicates that the San Sabá people managed to survive by subsisting primarily upon the food products of their livestock herds. Moreover, they secured some additional animal protein in their diet by occasionally trading, fishing, hunting, and collecting locally available natural resources.
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Foodways at a Colonial Military Frontier Outpost in Northern New Spain:The Faunal Assemblage from Presidio San Sabá,1757-1772. Arlene Fradkin, Tamra Walter. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441494)
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Keywords
General
Faunal Analysis
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Northern New Spain
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Presidio
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
18th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 107