Food and Fortitude: A Story of Life Within Presidio San Sabá as Told Through Zooarchaeological Analysis

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Presidio San Sabá was the largest military outpost in the Texas region during the mid-eighteenth century. This research project is a continuation of Arlene Fradkin, and Tamra Walters’ previous faunal analysis conducted on a portion of the site’s assemblage. This inquiry will focus on comparing the areas within the interior plaza to provide insight into dietary practices and to see if socio-economic status use of certain areas can be inferred. It is documented that different communities (military, religious, ethnic) were residing in specific parts of the fort. Comparing these areas will provide insight into dietary practices and even dietary differences between varying communities. This faunal analysis of the presidio’s assemblages will attempt to determine the people’s use of wild verses domestic resources, aquatic verses terrestrial resources, element selection, butchery practices, size class, and hunting practices.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40331.0