Archeological Investigations at Fort Leaton Historic Site, Presidio County, Texas, Spring 1971

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Edité par Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin TX, 1971

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ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT FORT LEATON HISTORIC SITE, PRESIDIO COUNTY, TEXAS, SPRING 1971, J. David and George Kegley, softcover, first edition, illustrated with numerous photos, charts, and a map, 1971. BOOK CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no tears, marks, or dog-ears. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. Very good plastic comb binding. The tan-colored wraps are in near fine condition. 11 x 8 ½, 107 pages, 21 ounces. XX [From the introduction] Sometime during the early nineteenth century a large adobe structure was erected on the north side of the Rio Grande three miles downstream from the present town of Presidio, Texas. This building was probably the home of Juan Bustillos until he sold it and some adjacent farm land to an American farmer and trader, Ben Leaton. Leaton and his family repaired and expanded the building in 1848, using it as a fortified residence and trading center until Leaton’s death in 1851. Leaton’s wife, Juana Pedraza, then managed the estate with the help of her new husband, John Hall, until it was acquired by John Burgess in the early 1860s. The Burgess family lived in the buiIding, making numerous changes and improvements to it, until final abandonment in 1927. In 1936 the state of Texas erected two marble monuments on the site, proclaiming it the approximate location of the Mission del Apostal Santiago, established in 1683; the site of the eighteenth century Spanish Presidio, El Fortin; and the site of nineteenth century Fort Leaton. As will be demonstrated in this report, neither the mission nor the presidio were located on the spot now occupied by Fort Leaton. This does not mean that the structures could not have been in the vicinity, although no archeological survey to date has found concrete evidence for their existence. During the summer of 1969 Illinois State University conducted archeological excavations at Fort Leaton during which time ten of the standing rooms were cleaned out, detailed maps were made of the excavated rooms, and an extensive surface collection was made of the entire terrace upon which the structure rests. In addition, sub-floor tests were made in several rooms in search of earlier floors and walls, a tentative buiIding sequence was worked out based on three types of adobe bricks found in the building, and a preliminary analysis was made of the several thousand arti facts collected during the season. In the preliminary report which followed the author concluded that because of the complete lack of even one artifact dating earlier than about 1820, neither of the two earlier structures could have been located on the site of Fort Leaton. During March and April, 1971, a more extensive excavation was carried out by the Texas Parks and WiIdlife Department. The work was concentrated mainly along the north side of the present standing structure between the building and Farm Road 170.…

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Archeological Investigations at Fort Leaton Historic Site, Presidio County, Texas, Spring 1971
Auteur
Ing, J. David; George Kegley
Éditeur
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin TX
Année de publication
1971
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Near Fine
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Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
Édition
1st Edition
Poids de l'article
21 onces
Dimensions
4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

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