San Antonio Soil Map

Found in android play store

This soil map of San Antonio opened up my eyes to looking at soil in complex ways that affected how we excavate in archaeology. I learned that there were different types of soil and sediment such as Vertisol, Mollisol, and Alfisol. Vertisol was very common in San Antonio and had a clay like texture.

It also provided a broad context of our location within the region and its affect on vegetation.

This is the outline of the historic areas in San Antonio with many of them located near the missions and some parks that were also built on top of native american sites.

This is an old map from the acequias of San Antonio. It is a historical map that outlined lot arrangements in relation to the acequias and the San Antonio river.

This is a map south of San Antonio. Mission San Juan is where I did the majority of my field work in archaeology. The hike and bike trails were being built through this area and we had to excavate for any cultural material. There were lots of projectile points, arrowheads, and burned rock.