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DOCUMENT Citation Only Fred White.

Published by Academic Press Journal - Division of UK Scholarly Open Access The site identified in the Florida Master Site File as MR03538 was the location of one of Hernando de Soto’s early camps during the 1539 entrada and was in later use during the seventeenth century Spanish mission and ranching periods. This previously unknown First Spanish Cultural Period site is located between Ocala and Gainesville, Florida on the wetlands associated with Orange Lake. The European artifact...

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.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Fred White.

The historical site identified by the Florida Department of State, Bureau of Archaeological Research as Smithsonian Trinomial 8AAMR03538 was the location of one of Hernando de Soto’s early camps during the 1539 entrada and was in later use during the sixteen and seventeenth century Spanish mission and ranching periods. This previously unknown First Spanish Cultural Period site named the White Ranch / De Soto site is located between Ocala and Gainesville, Florida on the wetlands associated with...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Fred White.

Digital images of artifacts from the Hernando de Soto encampment with the Potano culture. Artifacts included are late fifteenth century Spanish coins, early sixteenth century seven layer faceted chevron beads, Nueva Cadiz tubular beads, iron crossbow bolts, harquebus lead shot, mail armor, European animal remains, and Alachua Culture lithics and potsherds. This is an active research project with sensitive data withheld to protect the archaeological resource. Some metadata is confidential...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Fred White.

Digital images of artifacts from the Spanish Franciscan Missions of Apula and San Buenaventura de Potano. Artifacts included are mission period Spanish coins, European majolica, simple blue and translucent trade beads, Rosary bead sections, and Alachua Culture lithics and potsherds. This is an active research project with sensitive data withheld to protect the archaeological resource. Some metadata is confidential and will remain embargoed for a period of 5 years. The Florida Department of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jerald T. Milanich.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Fred White.

2010 Peer Reviewed Summary of field notes, excavations and artifact analysis from the ongoing research 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. The artifact analysis section alone encompasses some two hundred pages of detailed supporting evidence as well hundreds of digital images. This...

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Leading anthropologists discuss the Hernando De Soto expedition and America’s first Spanish missions. In 2012 Dr. Ashley White arranged a colloquium panel of academic scholars to be interviewed and filmed on location in Florida, Georgia, New York and New Jersey by the Halifax Media Group about the recent 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...

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The Appleton Museum of Art New World Treasures Exhibition Artifacts from Conquistador Hernando De Soto’s 1539 Expedition and the Lost Mission of San Buenaventura De Potano A team of international historians and archaeologists have been thoroughly investigating this De Soto site and the lost Franciscan Mission of San Buenaventura since its discovery in 2005. The archaeologists credited with the discovery and honored by the United States Congress are University of Florida professors, Dr....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Fred White.

The 8MR03538 White Ranch / De Soto site is one of the most thoroughly vetted and scientifically dated archaeological sites in recent history. It has been confirmed as a contact site of the 1539 entrada by conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army. This site identified to have multiple occupations was the location of one of Hernando de Soto’s early camps in the sixteenth century and was in later use during the seventeenth century Spanish mission and ranching period. This important First...

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...