A Clash of Two Cultures: Presidio La Bahía on the Texas Coast as a Deterrent to French Incursion

A Clash of Two Cultures: Presidio La Bahía on the Texas Coast as a Deterrent to French Incursion

Presidio La Bahía was built in 1722 over the remains of a 1685 French fort constructed by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. The presidio served as a deterrent against future French aggression along the Texas Gulf Coast. Archaeological investigations conducted at the site from 1999 to 2002 recovere...

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Veröffentlicht in:Historical archaeology 2004-01, Vol.38 (3), p.78-93
Hauptverfasser: Bruseth, James E., Durst, Jeffrey J., Osburn, Tiffany, Gilmore, Kathleen, Hindes, Kay, Reese, Nancy, Meissner, Barbara, Davis, Mike
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adobe buildings
Bones
Clay soils
Colonial history
Excavations
Fortifications
Forts
French
Historical archaeology
Human settlements
Magnetometers
Majolica
Material culture
Settlement archaeology
Spaniards
Texas
U.S.A
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Zusammenfassung:Presidio La Bahía was built in 1722 over the remains of a 1685 French fort constructed by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. The presidio served as a deterrent against future French aggression along the Texas Gulf Coast. Archaeological investigations conducted at the site from 1999 to 2002 recovered substantial information about the presidio and its relationship to the French fort. This work demonstrated that the Spanish erected an elaborate 16-point star-shaped fortification over the remains of the French fort, thus highlighting the importance Spain placed on defending the Texas Gulf Coast from future French threats.
ISSN:0440-9213
2328-1103
DOI:10.1007/BF03376655