Author |
: Elizabeth Jean Reitz |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 275 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:521036580 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Mission and Pueblo Santa Catalina de Guale, St. Catherines Island, Georgia by : Elizabeth Jean Reitz
Download or read book Mission and Pueblo Santa Catalina de Guale, St. Catherines Island, Georgia written by Elizabeth Jean Reitz and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the zooarchaeological evidence for animal use by Spaniards and the Guale people during the First Spanish period (a.d. 1565-1763) on St. Catherines Island, Georgia (USA). The focus is on a combined archaeofaunal assemblage containing 70,324 specimens and the remains of an estimated 510 vertebrate individuals associated with Mission Santa Catalina de Guale. This Spanish mission operated on the island from the 1580s until 1680 in a province known as Spanish Florida. Spanish Florida formerly encompassed portions of the present-day states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and was the first sustained European colonial enterprise north of Mexico. For many years the rich Spanish heritage of the southeastern United States was neglected as a field of study. Spanish colonists themselves often characterized Spanish Florida as a place of poverty, neglect, and ruin. Over the last 30 years, however, archaeologists have demonstrated that this concept of the colony...