The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis: Race and Sexuality in Colonial San Francisco

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CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix List of Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 1 Ethnogenesis and the Archaeology of Identity 9 PART 1 HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS 2 Spanish-Colonial San Francisco 41 3 From Casta to Californio, I: Who Lived at El Presidio de San Francisco? 70 4 From Casta to Californio, II: Social Identities in Late Spanish and Mexican-Era Alta California 100 5 From Artifacts to Ethnogenesis: Excavating El Presidio de San Francisco 117 PART 2 SPATIAL AND MATERIAL PRACTICES 6 Sites of Identification: Landscape 147 7 Structuring Structures: Architecture 173 8 Tradition and Taste: Ceramics 203 9 Consuming Practices: Foodways 233 10 Fashioning the Colonial Subject: Clothing 252 Conclusion: The Limits of Ethnogenesis 287 Appendix: Zooarchaeological and Archaeobotanical Analyses 307 Notes 325 References 343 Index 389 ...