The Global Entanglements of a Central Texas Mission: Archaeology at Mission Espada

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This paper will present preliminary data from excavations and collections analysis at the Mission Espada in San Antonio. This is part of a larger multi-scalar project that examines the lived experiences of indigenous neophytes at Mission Espada and its associated ranch, Rancho de las Cabras in 18th century San Antonio. Exploring the daily lives of the indigenous neophytes at these missions is essential to understanding how the missions functioned within the broader Spanish empire. The second component of this project seeks to understand the effects historical narratives and conceptions of heritage have on contemporary relationships between different cultural groups in Central Texas. Keeping with theme of this year’s conference, my paper places these two sites in Texas within the broader context of global colonial entanglements and their modern-day consequences.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SHA 2023 General Sessions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023

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