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The archaeology of ethnogenesis : race and sexuality in colonial San Francisco / Barbara L. Voss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voss, Barbara L., 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social archaeology--California--San Francisco.
- Social archaeology.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--California--San Francisco.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Ethnicity--California--San Francisco.
- Ethnicity.
- Sex role--California--San Francisco.
- Sex role.
- Ethnology--California--San Francisco.
- Ethnology.
- California--History--To 1846.
- California.
- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs.
- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.).
- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)--Race relations.
- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlv, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- [Revised edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This pioneering work of historical archaeology sheds light on the genesis of the Californios, a community of military settlers who forged a new identity on the northwest edge of Spanish North America. The revised edition includes a new preface from the author, looking at the development of ethnogenesis theory since the first edition of this book.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Ethnogenesis and the archaeology of identity
- Part 1: Historical and archaeological contexts. Spanish-Colonial in San Francisco ; From Casta to Californio, I : who lived at El Presidio de San Francisco? ; From Casta to Californio, II : social identities in late Spanish and Mexican-era Alta California ; From artifacts to ethnogenesis : excavating El Presidio de San Francisco
- Part 2: Spatial and material practices. Sites of identification : landscape ; Structuring structures : architecture ; Tradition and taste : ceramics ; Consuming practices : foodways ; Fashioning the colonial subject : clothing
- Conclusion: The limits of ethnogenesis.
- Notes:
- "With a New Preface."
- "First paperback printing 2015."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5127-4
- 0-8130-5542-3
- OCLC:
- 914434946
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