Artifacts from Luna’s Settlement and Shipwrecks

Summary

Thousands of artifacts have been recovered from the two shipwrecks associated with Tristán de Luna y Arellano’s 1559 settlement attempt and recently hundreds of artifacts have now been recovered from the associated land site. Even at this early stage in the terrestrial work, we have the unique opportunity to make many interesting comparisons between the two assemblages regarding the relative proportions of different functional categories and the presence/absence of fasteners, armor, and weapons. Hypotheses concerning the fleet’s offloading and salvage are also being developed. Together, both sets of data represent a more complete picture of the material culture and activities at the earliest multiyear colony in North America.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2017   •
• Symposium: The Tristan de Luna Shipwrecks and Settlement (1559-1561) in Pensacola, Florida

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 396