Native persistence at a California mission outpost : the bioarchaeology and history of the Asistencia de San Pedro y San Pablo / edited by Jelmer W. Eerkens, Lee M. Panich, Christopher Canzonieri, and Christopher Zimmer ; foreword by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eerkens, Jelmer W., editor.

Panich, Lee M., 1978- editor.

Canzonieri, Christopher, editor.

Zimmer, Christopher, (tribal representative), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Missions--California.

Catholic Church.

Indians of North America--Missions--California.

Indians of North America.

Ohlone Indians--Missions--California.

Ohlone Indians.

Missions, Spanish--California--History.

Missions, Spanish.

Physical Description:

x, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University of Florida Press, [2025]

Summary:

"This book presents collaborative bioarchaeological research at the site of a historic Spanish mission outpost in the San Francisco Bay Area, offering insights into the experiences of Native communities during early colonization on California's Pacific coast"-- Provided by publisher.

"Collaborative research revealing the lives of Ohlone individuals buried at an eighteenth-century Spanish mission outpost Construction work in 2016 at Sanchez Adobe Park, the site of a historic Spanish mission outpost in the San Francisco Bay Area, led to the surprising discovery of human skeletal remains. This book presents a series of bioarchaeological studies done in collaboration with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista, the state-appointed Most Likely Descendants of the Ohlone people buried in this cemetery, to explore persistence and change in the lives of Native Californians recruited into the Spanish missions during the late 1700s. This volume presents cutting-edge research techniques used to study the health, diet, social connections, and medicinal practices of these Ohlone individuals. Studies include obsidian and glass bead sourcing, osteological and paleopathological analysis, stable isotope analysis, and proteomic studies of dental calculus. By comparing these findings with historical records, researchers are even able to identify several of the individuals by name and reconstruct their life histories. This volume reveals continuity in some traditional Ohlone behaviors as well as new practices influenced by the Spanish. It offers unique insights into the experiences of Native communities during early colonization on California's Pacific coast. It also serves as a key example of collaborative bioarchaeological research carried out by a tribal community, a local parks department, and both professional and academic archaeologists.Contributors: Diana Malarchik | Kristen Broehl-Droke | Alyson Caine | Beth Armstrong | Glendon Parker | Anna Berim | Shannon Tushingham | Alan Leventhal | Tammy Buonasera | Christine Marshall | Michelle Zimmer | Monica Arrellano | Austin Cole | Tanya Smith | David Gang | Ramona Garibay | Jason Miszaniec | Melody Tannam | Kyle Burk | Mario Zimmermann | Christine Austin"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista

Introduction: Situating the Asistencia de San Pedro y San Pablo / Jelmer W. Eerkens, Lee M. Panich, Christopher Canzonieri, and Christopher Zimmer

A Brief History of Archival and Archaeological Research at the Asistencia de San Pedro y San Pablo / Lee M. Panich

Life and the Biological Consequences therein at the Mission period site of Asistencia de San Pedro y San Pablo (CA-SMA-71/H) 1787-1794 / Alyson Caine, Christopher Canzonieri, and Christine Marshall

Proteomic Sex Estimation and Detection of Immune Proteins in Tooth Enamel at Asistencia San Pedro y San Pablo (CA-SMA-71/H) / Tammy Buonasera, Diana Malarchik, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Chris Canzonieri, Glendon Parker

San Pedro y San Pablo as a Venue for Cultural Persistence: Mortuary Practices and Exchange Networks on the Margins of the Mission System / Lee M. Panich, Melody Tannam, and Jelmer W. Eerkens

Dietary Persistence and Change in California?s Mission Period: Stable Isotope Evidence from Tooth and Bone from Asistencia San Pedro y San Pablo (CA-SMA-71/H) / Jelmer W. Eerkens, Christopher Canzonieri, Jason Miszaniec

Proteomic Analysis of Dental Calculus as Insight into Mission-Period Diets in California / Kyle Burk, Glendon Parker, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Christopher Canzonieri, Christopher Zimmer, Monica V. Arrellano, and Alan Leventhal

Biochemical Ethnobotany of Ohlone Plant Use During the Mission Period / Mario Zimmermann, Shannon Tushingham, Anna Berim, and David R. Gang

Examining Heavy Metal Exposure at Asistencia de San Pedro y San Pablo during the Mission Period in Northern California / Diana Malarchik, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Christopher Canzonieri, Michelle Zimmer, Tanya M. Smith, Christine Austin, and Austin Cole

Dental Biodistance and Kinship at Asistencia San Pedro y San Pablo / Kristen A. Broehl-Droke

Peopling the Past: Life Histories of Native Residents of the Asistencia of San Pedro y San Pablo / Lee M. Panich, Beth Armstrong, and Chris Canzonieri

Persistence of Traditional Lifeways, and Change, during the California Mission Period at Asistencia San Pedro y San Pablo / Jelmer W. Eerkens, Lee M. Panich, Chris Canzonieri, Christopher Zimmer

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Native persistence at a California mission outpost

ISBN:

9781683405023

1683405021

9781683405085

1683405080

OCLC:

1511798999