A multicultural ethnohistory of Fort Davis, Texas

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dc.creatorMarshall-Gray, Paula J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-14T23:08:00Z
dc.date.available2011-02-18T22:40:35Z
dc.date.available2016-11-14T23:08:00Z
dc.date.issued1996-12
dc.degree.departmentSociology, Anthropology, and Social Worken_US
dc.description.abstractFort Davis, Texas was selected by the National Park Service in 1961 as a National Historic Site. This fort was part of the western line of forts built by the United States during the last half of the nineteenth century to control indigenous populations. Highly diverse cultures have inhabited Trans-Pecos Texas for thousands of years making the area truly multicultural in nature. Examination of the Prehistoric cultures, the Apache culture, the Hispanic culture, the Military culture, and the Park Service culture, that have all occupied the Fort Davis Region, allows for a well-rounded interpretation of the site. Each of these groups brought its own set of traditions and belief systems into the area which are evidenced in cultural survivals as they exist in Fort Davis today. The aim of this study is to examine the prehistoric to historic cultures in order to gain a better understanding of how they molded the ethno-historical development of the area.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/18656en_US
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTexas Tech Universityen_US
dc.rights.availabilityUnrestricted.
dc.subjectTrans-Pecos (Tex. and N.M.) -- Historyen_US
dc.subjectIndians of North America -- Antiquities -- Historyen_US
dc.subjectJeff Davis County (Tex.) -- Historyen_US
dc.subjectEthnohistory -- Texas -- Fort Davisen_US
dc.titleA multicultural ethnohistory of Fort Davis, Texas
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