Alachua Culture (Temporal Keyword)
1-4 (4 Records)
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...
Artifacts from the 1580 Apula Visita and the 1607 San Buenaventura de Potano Mission (2010)
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...
Hernando De Soto Archaeology and Artifacts (2010)
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...
New World Treasures – Artifacts from Conquistador Hernando De Soto’s 1539 Expedition (2013)
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....