Pensacola, Florida (Geographic Keyword)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As part of the ongoing research on the 1559-1561 Tristán de Luna expedition, this paper discusses food provisioning aboard the ships that arrived in Pensacola, Florida, in August 1559. The expedition, financed and outfitted in New Spain, intended to establish a Spanish foothold in North America. However, soon after arriving, a...
An Archaeological Curation-Needs Assessment of Military Installations in Selected Eastern States, Volume 2 (2000)
Between May 1997 and September 1999 personnel from the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis conducted curation needs assessments at all active military installations in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Over 6,000 ft3...
MORE THAN JUST COPIES: COLONO WARE AS A REFLECTION OF MULTIETHNIC INTERACTION ON THE 18TH-CENTURY SPANISH FRONTIER OF WEST FLORIDA (2011)
Colono ware, low-fired earthenware in European form, has long presented a challenge to the archaeologist. The existing typology of colono ware has led to confusion and misunderstanding of these wares. Proposed here is a new, more consistent typology. Archaeological work at three Spanish presidios in Pensacola, Florida, recovered a number of fragments from colono ware and Mission Red Filmed ceramic vessels. The chronological and spatial separation of the three presidios afforded the...
PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS AT THE PENSACOLA COURTHOUSE, FLORIDA (1995)
Five phytolith samples were collected for analysis from sediments at the Pensacola Courthouse during archaeological mitigation. These samples represent the modern surface at two locations, as well as subsurface samples from Block 6. Phytolith analysis focused on identification of historic vegetation in Block 6 and comparison of this record with the modern phytolith record.