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Item Archaeological Monitoring Associated with the Installation of Conserved Cannon in the Alamo Complex, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas(Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2018) Zapata, José E.Between February and June 2018, in response to a request from the Alamo Trust, Inc., staff of the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) performed archaeological monitoring of six hand-excavated holes prior to the construction of a series of concrete supports for the installation and display of six historic period cannon at Mission San Antonio de Valero, The Alamo (41BX6), in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) was limited to the east side of the 1934 Alamo Arcade. The installation of the conserved cannon took place beneath the midpoint of six arches along the east side of the arcade. Six holes were hand-excavated by Alamo staff, while CAR staff monitored the progress and screened the soils. The Project Archaeologist was José Zapata, and Sarah Wigley assisted with the fieldwork and artifact analysis. Paul Shawn Marceaux, CAR Director, served as the Principal Investigator. This project fell under the Antiquities Code of Texas and required review by the Texas Historical Commission (THC) and the Texas General Land Office (GLO). Archaeological monitoring was conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 8335. The cannon installations were completed with a minimal amount of disturbance and no adverse impacts to resources within the APE. All field notes, photos, and artifacts have been prepared for permanent curation at the CAR, in accordance with THC guidelines.Item Limited Testing for the Installation of Fiber Optic Cable from Gallagher Parking Lot to the Alamo Complex, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas(Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2017) Zapata, José E.The Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted limited testing associated with the planned installation of fiber optic cables from the Gallagher parking lot to the Alamo Complex. The parking lot is located to the northeast and directly across the street from the Alamo Complex. The fieldwork was completed in September 2015, pursuant to Texas Antiquities Permit No. 7428. Testing involved the excavation of a 3-x-3 foot (ft.; 0.91-x-0.91 meter [m]) unit to a depth of 36 inches (in.; 91.4 centimeters [cm]). With the exception of faunal remains, only temporally diagnostic artifacts were collected and curated.