Archaeologists Discover de Soto's Artifacts and Lost Mission

Author(s): Paula Neely

Editor(s): Michael Bawaya

Year: 2012

Summary

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.

Cite this Record

Archaeologists Discover de Soto's Artifacts and Lost Mission. Paula Neely, Michael Bawaya. American Archaeology. 16 (3): 8-9. 2012 ( tDAR id: 391648)

Keywords

Culture
Historic • Spanish

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Metal

Site Name
White / De Soto

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

General
Ashley White • Ethan White • Fred White • Hernando de Soto • Hernando DE Soto Expedition • Michele White • Potano Culture Change • Potano Indian Village • San Buenaventura de Potano mission • White / De Soto Site

Geographic Keywords
Florida (State / Territory) • Orange Lake

Temporal Keywords
First Spanish Cultural Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1528 to 1720

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.422; min lat: 29.219 ; max long: -81.906; max lat: 29.588 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Field Director(s): Fred White