First Spanish Cultural Period (Temporal Keyword)
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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.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Resources
Project metadata for resources within the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station cultural heritage resources collection.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 34, Hot Spot Area 6, Cultural Resources Assessment Survey (2018)
In January 2018, Tetra Tech Inc. (Tetra Tech) conducted a Cultural Resources Assessment Survey (CRAS) in support of groundwater remediation efforts at Launch Complex 34 (LC34), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Brevard County, Florida. A total of 244 shovel test pits (STPs) were excavated during the course of the investigation with no cultural material recovered and no archaeological resources identified. As a result of this investigation, Tetra Tech concludes that the proposed Project...
De Soto Artifacts Surface After Hurricanes (2012)
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 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...
Hernando De Soto Field School 2009 – 2013 Image Archive (2013)
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...
A Historic Property Survey of the Vertical Integration Building (VIB), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida (2007)
The purpose of this survey was to document the VIB before demolition was completed. The project was conducted in February through April 2007.
Investigating one of the earliest expeditions to America (2013)
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.
New World Discovery Archaeology Colloquium (2012)
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...
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....