From Artifacts to Ethnogenesis
From Artifacts to Ethnogenesis
Excavating El Presidio De San Francisco
This chapter discusses the methodology and findings of thirteen years of historical archaeology field research at the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark. The methods used in field investigations include predictive studies, archaeological monitoring, geophysical prospecting, pedestrian surveys, and excavations. The site poses specific methodological challenges because of its urban setting, the research design constraints of cultural resource management archaeology, and the varied field and laboratory methods used by different research teams. Rigorous attention to depositional processes, preservation biases, archaeological sampling, and research techniques is necessary. The resulting body of archaeological evidence documents quadrangle architecture, residential space, midden deposits, and extramural settlements. The accumulated information from these research programs provides a rich body of evidence about the colonial community that once lived in Spanish colonial San Francisco.
Keywords: Historical archaeology, excavation, survey, methodology, urban archaeology, cultural resource management
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