Presidios were an important part of the Spanish colonial system. The presidio was an important frontier settlement of the Spanish frontier, and their residents were the frontline of acculturation
Presidios were an important part of the Spanish colonial system. In general, they were fortified settlements with an assigned military contingent. Presidios exhibited a wide range of variation as they adapted to local needs, materials, and populations. The presidio was an important frontier settlement of the Spanish frontier, and their residents were the frontline of acculturation. Cultural and biological hybrids developed at presidios and became the foundation for a significant part of modern-day culture in the southern half of the United States. Do you want to read the rest of this article?
Series: Century Collection. Using a variety of methods and sources, he reveals how Spaniards, mestizos from New Spain, and Native Americans from many tribes laid the ethnic foundations for the modern city. The book also provides much insight into the general history of Spanish colonial society as it evolved in the Tucson area to 1821.
Deagan, Kathleen 1983 Spanish St. Augustine: The Archaeology of a Colonial Creole Community. Dobyns, Henry 1983 Their Number Become Thinned: Native American Population Dynamics in Eastern North America. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. Academic Press, New York. Deagan, Kathleen 1985 Spanish-Indian Interaction in Sixteenth-Century Florida and Hispaniola. Domínguez, Lourdes 1984 Arqueología Colonial Cubana.
The book is boring and very disjointed and difficult to read.