Indian groups associated with Spanish Missions of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Campbell TN and Campbell TJ. 1985. Indian groups associated with Spanish Missions of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. Special Report No. 16. University of Texas at San Antonio, Center for Archeological Research
In this study an effort is made to identify the maximum number of valid Indian groups represented at each of the four Spanish missions of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and to present more research about the groups. This volume represents a segment of studies undertaken by the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio. The studies focus on the "Research Into the Origins and Implementations of Indian Crafts and Spanish Technology in the Daily Lives of the Inhabitants of the Four Spanish Colonial Missions in San Antonio.” In this study an effort is made to identify the maximum number of valid Indian groups represented at each of the four Spanish missions of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. For each identified Indian group an attempt is made to determine where that group came from and also to summarize briefly what is now known about its language and culture prior to mission entry. As will be seen, these objectives are not easily achieved because the desired information must come from documents written during the Spanish Colonial period, and most of the documents do not contain enough of the information desired. The following section will show how the severe documentary limitations have affected the study of Indians associated with the San Antonio missions.