Dueling views on De Soto

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Hiers, F. (2014, November 22). Dueling views on De Soto. The Gainesville Sun, pp A1-A6.

Leading anthropologists discuss the Hernando De Soto expedition and America’s first Spanish missions. A colloquium panel of academic scholars were interviewed and filmed on location in Florida, Georgia, New York and New Jersey by the Halifax Media Group about the important confirmed discoveries at the MR03538 archaeological site in Florida. The following discussions have been adjusted for length and hypertext links are provided for the entire archived conversations and videos.

Colloquium participants included:

Dr. Charles M. Hudson, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and History, University of Georgia

Dr. Jerald T. Milanich, Curator Emeritus in Archaeology of the Florida Museum of Natural History

Dr. Alan M. Stahl, Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University

Dr. Gifford Waters, Historical Archaeology Collections Manager of the Florida Museum of Natural History

Dr. John Worth, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of West Florida

Carl Halbirt, M.A., M.P.A., City Archaeologist, St. Augustine, Florida

Dr. Daniel Seinfeld, Archaeologist with the Florida Department of State Bureau of Archaeological Research

Dr. F. Ashley White, Director of the Florida Archaeological Survey