Texas Roots Run East: Considering Regional Contexts In San Felipe de Austin Archeology

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Shifting Borders: Early-19th Century Archeology in the Trans-Mississippi South" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Founded in 1823 by Stephen F. Austin as the capital of the recently established Austin Colony in Mexican Texas the town of San Felipe de Austin was a melting pot of ideas, people, and languages from across Mexico and the United States. As the Texas Revolution drew nearer in the 1830s residents continually re-evaluated their cultural, economic, and social loyalties. Exploring the material remains of the town in the context of both the Mexican Empire and the Trans-Mississippi south region of the United States provides another lens through which to view the changing social, cultural, and economic landscapes as its residents forged new lives on the Texas frontier.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Shifting Borders: Early-19th Century Archeology in the Trans-Mississippi South   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2021

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