Archaeological Investigations at the Chapel of San Miguel and the site of La Castrense, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Pamphlet)

Description

Authors: Stubbs, Stanley A. ( 1906-1959 ) and Ellis, Bruce T. (1903-1985)

Publisher: Laboratory of Anthropology

Pub Date: 1955

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1 LC21): Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No marks, folds. Upper edge of the front cover has an approx. 1/2″ tear.  Edge wrinkled.  Wear to head of spine.  Front cover at spine foot has an approx. 1/2″ tear, wear to corner.  Edge and corner wear.   Copy 2 (LOA23): Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, folds.  A couple of water spots to lower front cover edge, a couple more mid-front cover.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 1/2″ bend, extends through entire volume.  Previous owner’s name on upper front cover corner near spine head.  Foxing to upper front cover edge.  Includes ephemera.

Notes:  Pamphlet (8½” X 11″).  Monograph of the School of American Research, Number 20.  The Chapel of San Miguel in Santa Fe is often referred to as “The Oldest Catholic Church in the United States”, though that claim is probably hyperbolic.  It was  built around 1610, and was rebuilt several times (after the Pueblo Revolt of 1690, for one).  The archaeological excavations of the chapel consisted of removing plaster from some wall sections, complete excavation of the sanctuary, and collecting tree-ring specimens  from various spots throughout the building.  The excavation of La Castrense (also known as La Capilla Castrense, or The Military Chapel) was conducted when the site itself was cleared of its extant buildings, prior to the construction of a new building.  It was determined that there were no artifacts that could date the chapel being built earlier than 1760.   Copy 2 from the library of Nancy Fox, editor of some of the early ASNM festschrift volumes.  Ephemera is a single page from American Anthropologist Vol. 7, No. 3, of 1905, on the Oldest House in the U.S.A. (also in Santa Fe).  Co-author Bruce Ellis was the husband of Florence Hawley Ellis.