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An Archaeological Assessment of San Pedro Park, (41BX19) San Antonio, Texas Barbara A Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State Volume 2000 Article 4 2000 An Archaeological Assessment of San Pedro Park, (41BX19) San Antonio, Texas Barbara A. Meissner Center for Archaeological Research Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita Part of the American Material Culture Commons, Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis Commons, Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons, History Commons, Human Geography Commons, Other Anthropology Commons, Other Arts and Humanities Commons, Other History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, Other Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons, and the Technical and Professional Writing Commons Tell us how this article helped you. Recommended Citation Meissner, Barbara A. (2000) "An Archaeological Assessment of San Pedro Park, (41BX19) San Antonio, Texas," Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: Vol. 2000 , Article 4. https://doi.org/10.21112/ita.2000.1.4 ISSN: 2475-9333 Available at: http://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2000/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by SFA ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State by an authorized editor of SFA ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. An Archaeological Assessment of San Pedro Park, (41BX19) San Antonio, Texas Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License This article is available in Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: http://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2000/iss1/4 An Archa eSSlllent of S David L. Ni(l~els and Bradley]. Vierra Center for Archaeological Research The University of Texas at San Antonio Archaeological Survey Report, No. 269 2000 An Archaeological AsseSSlllent of San Pedro Parl~, (41BX19) San Antonio, Texas Edited by Barbara A. Meissner with Contributions by 1. Waynne Cox, Brett A. Houl~, David L. Nicl~els and Bradley J. Vierra Robert J. Hard and C. Britt BouSTI1an Principal Investigators Texas Antiquities Pennit No. 1929 ©copyright 2000 Center for Archaeological Research The University of Texas at San Antonio Archaeological Survey Report, No. 269 The following information is provided in accordance with the General Rules of Practice and Procedure, Chapter 41.11 (Investigative Reports), Texas Antiquities Committee: 1. Type of investigation: Historic and Archaeological Assessment and Investigation 2. Project name: San Pedro Park Southwest Comer (SARA Ashby Area Project) 3. County: Bexar 4. Principal investigators: Robert 1. Hard and C. Britt Bousman 5. Name and location of sponsoring agency: San Antonio River Authority, 100 East Guenther Street, San Anto­ nio, Texas 78283-0027 6. Texas Antiquities Permit No.: 1929 7. Published by the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 W., San Antonio, Texas 78249-0658, 2000 A list of publications offered by the Center for Archaeological Research is available. Call (210) 458-4378; write to the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 W., San Antonio, Texas 78249-0658; e-mail to [email protected]; or visit CAR's web site at http://car.utsa.edul. Abstract In July 1996, the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted shovel testing and backhoe trenching operations along the western edge of San Pedro Park, near downtown San Antonio, Texas. The purpose of the testing was to detennine the exact location at which the Alazan acequia would be impacted by a planned drainage improvement project under North Flores Street, and to then assess the likelihood that the project would significantly impact buried cultural material. Using old maps as guides, the acequia was located approximately 55 m south of Ashby Street. It was unlined, and cut 90 cm into bedrock, with its bottom 295 cm below the modem ground surface. Although no cultural materials were found in the acequia, a series of shovel tests produced 1085 artifacts, both Prehistoric and Historic. Due to the depth of previously disturbed sediments under North Flores Street, CAR detennined it was unlikely that significant archaeological deposits would be encountered, and recommended that the project be allowed to proceed as planned. However, the results of the shovel testing indicated that there were previously undisturbed areas along the western edge of the park that were likely to contain intact buried cultural deposits. Based on these results, CAR recommended that any planned construction within the park be preceded by an archaeological testing program to further assess the nature and potential significance of those deposits. Following the 1996 testing project, one of the subcontractors for the drainage improvement project used the southwest comer of San Pedro Park as a staging area for construction. CAR returned to this southwest comer of in April 1998 to conduct further shovel testing, along with 1-x-1 m unit excavations, to detennine the extent to which any buried archaeological deposits had been impacted by the heavy machinery and stockpiles of gravel, sand, and other construction materials stored in the park. An analysis ofthe artifact assemblage, along with finite comparisons of the topography before and after the construction staging area was used, indicate that the area was impacted by the construction company. A detailed set of recommendations for management of the cultural resources of San Pedro Park is included in the final chapter of this document. Contents Abstract ................................................................................................................................................................. i Figures ............................................................................................................................................................... 1V Tables ................................................................................................................................................................ v Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................................. vi Chapter 1: Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Site Description ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Modern Environment ............................................................................................................................. 4 Paleoenvironment ................................................................................................................................... 5 Geology .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 2: Historic Background ........................................................................................................................ 9 Prehistoric Context ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Historic Period ............................................................................................................................................ 10 The Spanish Colonial Period ................................................................................................................ 10 San Pedro Park in the Nineteenth Century ........................................................................................... 12 San Pedro Park in the Twentieth Century ............................................................................................. 15 Chapter 3: The 1996 Investigations ................................................................................................................. 17 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 17 Methods ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Backhoe Trenches ................................................................................................................................. 17 Shovel Tests .......................................................................................................................................... 18 Laboratory ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Shovel Test and Backhoe Trench Results ................................................................................................... 19 Discussion ................................................................................................................................................... 25 Historic Component ............................................................................................................................. 25 Prehistoric Component ........................................................................................................................
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