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28 Articles 1934 roof when the building was “restored” and the tile roof was added. Some of the earlier rafters were left in place and others were partially removed and new roof trusses installed. The existing system appears to be in good condition, although the details of the wall connections, a critical factor, may not be adequate – additional investigation and analysis is necessary to determine the adequacy of this part of the roof system. A 19 th century ceiling exists above the west part of the cafeteria located adjacent to the south adobe wall. Several 19 th century buildings are known to have existed in this area prior to the construction of the current structures attached on the south side and this ceiling is probably the remains of one of those structures. Summary The condition recording, including fabric investigation based on a de-construction approach, will continue during the next site visit, tentatively planned during the spring of 2004. This will include the drilling of additional holes through the hard exterior stucco and the removal of selected small portions of the stucco on the exterior as well as very limited exposure of the ceiling system in the Mesa Room. Tony Crosby will also expose more of the top of the adobe wall where possible. Prior to that, the additional archaeological investigations will be undertaken. The continued investigation in the east part of the Mesa Room will proceed over the next two months. This may include the excavation of the foundation near the closed doorway in the south wall, the continuing excavation of the south wall foundation near the southeast corner, and completing the excavation and cleaning of the south end of the east wall. Excavation of the foundation on the exterior near the northeast corner of the Mesa Room may also occur in order to collect more information about the foundation system of both the north wall and the east wall. The interior deconstruction may proceed with the removal of a portion of the wall covering and siding on the interior wall near the southeast corner where the process has begun with the removal of the gypsum board in this area. Prior to the actual deconstruction, the project team will consult and determine the most effective approach. Because of the difficulty of accessing the attic spaces above both the adobe rooms, an additional access way will need to be cut in the ceiling of both rooms, near the west ends. The new access ways should be constructed similarly to the existing ones. Additional historical research should concentrate on the period between 1885 and ca. 1935, where a gap presently exists. In addition, the collection of all available historical photographs should be completed and made available. References Cited Alley, Paul, et al 1993 Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark District. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service, San Francisco Architectural Resources Group 2002 Building 50, Presidio Officers’ Club Historic Structures Report. Prepared for the Presidio Trust. Association for Preservation Technology 2001 Conservation of Historic Adobe Workshop Handbook. APT Conference, Asilomar, California Barker, Leo 1997 The Presidio within the Presidio: Historical Archaeology in a NHL. CRM 20:9 Foster, Lee, Jerry Fuentes, and Sannie Kenton Osborn 1997 The Presidio of San Francisco: A Study in Interagency Cooperation. CRM 20:13 National Park Service 1976 The Presidio of San Francisco 1776-1976: A Collection of Historical Source Materials. Western Regional Office Osborn, Sannie Kenton and Robert Wallace 2001 New Frontiers, New Soliders of Preservation – The Presidio of San Francisco under Civilian Control. CRM 24:3 or http://www.cr.nps.gov/crm> Langellier, John and Daniel Rosen 1996 El Presidio de San Francisco: A History under Spain and Mexico 1776-1846. The Arthur H. Clark Company, Spokane. Tolles, E. Leroy, Frederick A. Webster, Anthony Crosby, and Edna E. Kimbro 1996 Survey of Damage to Historic Adobe Buildings after the January 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Getty Conservation Institute Voss, Barbara 2002 The Archaeology of El Presidio de San Francisco: Culture Contact, Gender, and Ethnicity in a Spanish- Colonial Military Community. PhD dissertation, Department of Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley Voss, Barbara and Vance Bente’ 1996 Archaeological Discovery and Investigation of the Historic Presidio de San Francisco. Woodward Clyde Consultants, prepared for Sacramento District Corps of Engineers. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ SCA Newsletter 38(1)
29 Articles Culture Contact at El Presidio De San Francisco: The Tennessee Hollow Watershed Archaeology Project Dr. Barbara Voss, Assistant Professor Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University This past summer, Stanford University began a new phase of archaeological research at El Presidio de San Francisco: The Tennessee Hollow Watershed Archaeology Project. Founded by the Anza expedition in 1776, El Presidio de San Francisco was the Spain’s northernmost military outpost in California (Figure 1). Its archaeological remains were first discovered in 1993, and since then the Presidio Trust, National Park Service, and the Army Corps of Engineers have led an active research program to better understand the history and culture of this important settlement. Stanford participates in this overall research program as an educational partner, along with several other universities and colleges in Northern California. Our investigations this summer marked the beginning of a new chapter in this research. To date, most of the work that archaeologists have done at El Presidio de San Francisco has focused on the settlement’s main quadrangle – the nucleus of the presidio (e.g., Barker, et al. 1997, Voss 2002, Voss and Bente 1996). But the daily life of the settlement extended far beyond the walls of the quadrangle, and both colonists and Native Californians established residences and work camps in the surrounding landscape. This project – perhaps the first Figure 1: Map of San Francisco Bay regions showing locations of major Spanish, Mexican, and Russian colonial settlements. systematic investigation of extramural residences at any presidio site in North America – promises to generate new information about the historic presidial community and provide a broader perspective for the interpretation of presidial settlements. Its ultimate goal is to better understand the complex interactions between colonial and native populations that occurred at El Presidio de San Francisco, and to trace the emergence of the City of San Francisco from its origins at the Presidio. SCA Newsletter 38(1)
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