cc: ARCH --CMSNAMES From: Anita Cohen-Williams Subject: New List - SPANBORD ***************************ANNOUNCING***************************** SPANBORD - the history and archaeology of the Spanish Borderlands For the purposes of this discussion list, we are defining the Spanish borderlands as the following: Mexico - north of Zacatecas; United States - California, the greater Southwest, and the Southeast (basically, the areas of the U.S. which were once part of the Spanish Empire). The time period covered is 1521-1900. SPANBORD is designed to facilitate communication between people interested in such topics as the history of the area, acculturation, historical archaeology of the Spanish Colonial period and the Mexican Republic era, material culture studies, mission studies, military sites history and archaeology, and other aspects of the borderlands. We also encourage contributions by specialists and students in related fields such as ethnohistory, architecture, art history, and maritime studies. To subscribe to SPANBORD, send the following command in the BODY of the mail to [log in to unmask]: Subscribe SPANBORD yourfirstname yourlastname as in "Subscribe SPANBORD Jose de Galvez" Owners: Anita Cohen-Williams ([log in to unmask]) Sandra Kathryn Mathews-Lamb ([log in to unmask]) Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 PHONE: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 INTERNET: [log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH, SPANBORD