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Lecture: Presidio Soldiers or Soldados Flecheros? New Interpretations of Daily Life at the 1721-1726 Site of Presidio La Bahia de Zuniga, Victoria County

  • Date(s): October 25, 2024 - October 25, 2024
brad jones

Texas Archaeological Society 95th Annual Meeting Public Forum

Presidio Soldiers or Soldados Flecheros? New Interpretations of Daily Life at the 1721-1726 Site of Presidio La Bahia de Zuniga, Victoria County

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, 6 p.m.

Brad Jones, director of the Texas Historical Commission’s Archeology Division and the State Archeologist, discusses the complex interplay of identity, class, and practice as presidio inhabitants adapted to living on the Spanish frontier.

Free admission and open to the public.

Hosted by the Texas Archeological Society, the Museum of the Coastal Bend, and the Coastal Bend Archaeological Logistics Team, the TAS 95th Annual Meeting will be held in Victoria on October 25 & 26, 2024. More info here.

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