Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
Subtitle: A Frontier Mission in South Texas (Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series)
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: April 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780292714786
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Christian mission & evangelism; North American archaeology; c 1700 to c 1800; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; USA; Archaeology; Christian Ministry - Missions; Christianity - History - Catholic; Social Science / Archaeology; United States - State & Local - General; Antiquities; Frontier and pioneer life; Indians of North America; Mission Valley (Tex.); Spaniards
Description: "With written historical records scare for Espiritu Santo, Tamra Walter relies heavily on material culture recovered at this site through a series of recent archaeological investigations to present a compelling portrait of the Franciscan mission system. By examining findings from the entire mission site, including the compound, irrigation system, quarry, and kiln, she focuses on questions that are rarely, if ever, answered through historical records alone: What was daily life at the mission like? What effect did the mission routine have on the traditional lifeways of the mission Indians? How were both the Indian and the colonizers changed by their frontier experiences, and what does this say about the missionization process?"--BOOK JACKET.