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The archaeology of ethnogenesis : race and sexuality in colonial San Francisco / Barbara L. Voss.

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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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