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Archaeologists Discover de Soto's Artifacts and Lost Mission (2012)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paula Neely.

AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Vol. 16 No. 3 A team of Florida archaeologists working with Dr. Ashley White, a member of the Governing Board of the Archaeological Institute of America, Dr. Michele White, a bioarchaeologist for the Florida Archaeological Survey, and Ethan White from Trinity History Honors, have confirmed the discovery of the lost city of the extinct Potano and the associated 1539 army encampment of Conquistador Hernando de Soto.


De Soto Artifacts Surface After Hurricanes (2012)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Uploaded by: Fred White

AMERICAN HISTORY Vol. 12 Interview with Dr. Charles Hudson, an emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Georgia and co-author of Hernando de Soto and the Indians of Florida, about the persuasive archaeological evidence from the artifacts identified at the site excavated by Dr. Ashley White, a member of the Governing Board from the Archaeological Institute of America.


Hernando De Soto Field School 2009 – 2013 Image Archive (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Fred White.

2009 – 2013 Limited collection of images involving survey, mapping and artifact recovery activities at the 1539 Hernando De Soto Potano Encampment and the associated Spanish Franciscan missions of Apula and San Buenaventura de Potano. This previously unknown First Spanish Cultural Period site is located on the wetlands associated with Orange Lake. Artifact recovery locations are identified in grid maps that relate to the De Soto Expedition, Franciscan Mission, and Spanish Ranching...


Investigating one of the earliest expeditions to America (2013)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Uploaded by: Fred White

MEDIEVAL WARFARE Vol III, Issue 4 A team of international historians and archaeologists are currently investigating one of the earliest known New World expedition sites in the United States. Project leader Dr. Ashley White discusses excavations that have unearthed both medieval iron crossbow bolts and rare .61 calibre lead shot from the harquebus, with images of the artifacts.


X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis on Sixteenth Century Glass Beads from the 1539 Hernando De Soto Encampment (2013)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Fred White.

The purpose of this pXFR testing was to build an accurate reference database for the elemental values of sixteenth century glass artifacts related to Florida’s First Spanish Cultural Period. Glass trade beads help form the framework needed to often identify and build a date range for an archaeological site. These beads that were tested were discovered in context with other sixteenth century artifacts at the confirmed 1539 Hernando de Soto encampment near Orange Lake, Florida. The...