The Society of Jesus in the Kingdom of the Calusa

Author(s): Victor Thompson

Year: 2019

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Jesuit Missions, Plantations, and Industries" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In 1567, the Jesuit Juan Rogel traveled to Calos, the capital of the Calusa kingdom. We now know that the capital was the archaeological site of Mound Key, located in Estero Bay, Florida. There, Juan Rogel interacted with Calusa kings and other inhabitants of the capital. This would be the first of several outposts setup by the Spanish Crown throughout Florida. Here, I examine the goals of the Jesuit missionaries among the Indians of southern Florida within the context of native religious beliefs, economics, and the political systems of the Calusa and the tributary polities of the kingdom and beyond.  

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The Society of Jesus in the Kingdom of the Calusa. Victor Thompson. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, St. Charles, MO. 2019 ( tDAR id: 449035)

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Keywords

General
Calusa Mound Key Spanish

Geographic Keywords
United States of America

Temporal Keywords
sixteenth century

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 162