Excavaciones en la misión San Antonio de Padua, Alta California

• Main Author: Robert L. Hoover
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California 1995-01-01
• Series: Estudios Fronterizos
• Subjects: Colonización; Construcción; Indígenas mexicanos; Influencia de técnicas
• Online Access: http://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/332
• ISSN: 0187-6961; 2395-9134

<p>California Polytechnic State University has carried out archeological studies in Mission Antonio de Padua, located in Monterrey County, California. The archeo­logical potential of this site has made it useful in designing research plans for teaching anthropology students.</p>This article describes in detail the characteristics of the residences and other buildings that make up the mission, as well as the business and domestic activities that took place in each. During excavation, it was possible to observe how the different stages of construction at the mission show the degrees of influence and merging of the materials and techniques introduced by the missionaries, with forms and functions that were a contribution of the native people, producing a series of artifacts that reflect a Spanish-Mexican-Indian cultural syncretism.