Spanish Fort (Geographic Keyword)

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Artifact photos from the Augustin Rochon Plantation site (1BA337).

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Southwestern Alabama's colonial history is represented by the sites of settlements, forts, villages, and river plantations that spanned the French (1699-1763), British (1763-1780) and Spanish (1780-1813) periods. In the eighteenth century, over 60 plantations were established along the major waterways around Mobile, but fewer than ten have been identified as archaeological sites, and excavation has occured at only four. Unfortunately, many of the historic sites around Mobile Bay now lie beneath...

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Excavation photos from the Augustin Rochon Plantation site (1BA337).

DATASET Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Glass beads recovered from the Augustin Rochon Plantation (1BA337).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bonnie L. Gums.

Southwestern Alabama's colonial history is represented by the sites of native settlements and colonial forts, villages, and river plantations that spanned the French (1699-1763), British (1763-1780) and Spanish (1780-1813) periods. In the eighteenth century, over 60 plantations were established along the major waterways around Mobile, but fewer than ten have been identified as archaeological sites, and excavation has occured at only four. Unfortunately, many of the historic sites around Mobile...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Caleb Curren.

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