The Rad Clay Pad that the Spaniards Had: A Geoarchaeological Examination of Sixteenth Century Spanish Forts

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Academia regularly relies on documentary evidence to interpret the relatively rapid culture changes that occur after contact, often ignoring the more long-term patterns and processes of the indigenous response. Geoarchaeological survey allows for an in-depth study of the changes in cultural deposits diachronically, recreating a narrative that is reflective of a wide range of human experience. This paper examines the ideological shift in the Spanish strategy for colonizing La Florida by utilizing preliminary geoarchaeological analysis of five sixteenth century Spanish forts. The standardized construction processes and cultural deposits of sixteenth century Spanish forts have much to say about the effects of local resistance in altering the Spanish colonial agenda and the implementation of the mission system in the seventeenth century. 

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• Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions) 2018   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2018

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