The Presidio San Carlos Archaeological Project: Preliminary Results

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Camino Real was a cultural, political, and economical link between the Viceroy of Mexico and the northern communities of the New Spain, mostly mining centers. But these new territories were not only harsh geographically but dangerous by the constant raids by the local communities of American Indians, and pressure from foreign nations like England, France and Russia. Because of that the Spanish empire establishes a military line of presidios from California to Florida not only to protect the empire frontier. These structures were simple constructions made of local material. Several of these presidios were short lived; others become major cities today, such as Chihuahua. The conformation of the frontier in colonial times is well known historically, but poorly knows archaeologically specially in Mexico. The Presidio San Carlos is located near the community of Manuel Benavidez, Chihuahua, near the Texan border. It's relative isolation contribute to its well preservation and present a good archaeological opportunity to explore and know more about the "presidiales" life and its relation with the landscape and local communities. Here we will present the result from the recent archaeological survey project conducted at the Presidio San Carlos this summer of 2018.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23066