Introduction -- Ethnogenesis and the archaeology of identity -- Part 1: Historical and archaeological contexts. Spanish-Colonial in San Francisco ; From Casta to Californio, I : who lived at El Presidio de San Francisco? ; From Casta to Californio, II : social identities in late Spanish and Mexican-era Alta California ; From artifacts to ethnogenesis : excavating El Presidio de San Francisco -- Part 2: Spatial and material practices. Sites of identification : landscape ; Structuring structures : architecture ; Tradition and taste : ceramics ; Consuming practices : foodways ; Fashioning the colonial subject : clothing -- Conclusion: The limits of ethnogenesis -- Appendix: Zooarchaeological and archaeobotanical analyses
Summary
This pioneering work of historical archaeology sheds light on the genesis of the Californios, a community of military settlers who forged a new identity on the northwest edge of Spanish North America. The revised edition includes a new preface from the author, looking at the development of ethnogenesis theory since the first edition of this book
