Plaza de la Guerra is once again at the forefront of community conversations about Santa Barbara’s downtown revitalization. On December...

by Tim Aceves 11,000 miles. Presidio Chapel bell, dedicated San Pascual Bailon, present-day. Image by Tim Aceves. That’s how many miles...

by Michael H. Imwalle The project to lovingly restore the Santa Barbara Presidio Chapel doors is complete. The process entailed the...

by Anne Petersen The Cota-Knox House, present day. Photo by Tim Aceves. In November 2019, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic...

Dr. Stacey Camp of Michigan State University (left) and Koji Lau-Ozawa (right) analyzing ceramic artifacts and field notes from the...

Syringe in the collections of El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, held by Archaeologist Michael Imwalle. Photo by Anne...

by Michael H. Imwalle In October 2015 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation received a grant from the California Missions...

by Anne Petersen SBTHP archaeologist Michael Imwalle presenting a lance point from the collections of El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State...

by Michael Imwalle Sketch of the Monterey Presidio tile kilns by the author based on the 1791 José Cardero sketch of the Presidio of...

by Michael Imwalle Illustration of Presidio-era tile maker. Note the clay pressed into templates in the foreground, slatted forms on work...

by Mike Imwalle Fired clay tiles were introduced as a building material at the Santa Barbara Presidio early in its development. Floor...

by Michael Imwalle, Robert Hoover, and Anne Petersen Drawing of the St. Vibiana medal made at the time of excavation. In 1994, a small...

By Michael Imwalle Lucas Nichols collecting data with a Geoscan Research Resistance Meter near the Presidio aqueduct. Photo by Mike...

by Wayne Sherman (Did you miss part 1? You can find it here.) Photo by Mike Imwalle. This past summer, students in SBTHP’s Presidio...

Last week we posted three mystery objects excavated at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, along with polls so you could...

Celebrate Archaeology Month and the 50th Anniversary of archaeological excavations at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park...

In honor of Archaeology Month, and the 50th anniversary of archaeological excavations at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic...

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the first archaeological excavations at the Santa Barbara Presidio.  This Thursday at 7:00pm in the...

By Tacy Kennedy Tacy Kennedy with her mosaic vase, a parting gift from the 2011 Field School students. This is a great question, and...

This summer, students in SBTHP’s archaeological field school excavated a Civil War-era button at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State...